The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2009
Interview
The interview consisted of two parts.
The first part was a basic screening my the HR person through a set of e-mail questions regarding preferences of work, technology experience, etc. The second part consisted of a phone conversation with one of the the Facebook engineers where he asked questions regarding current employment responsibilities, why the interest in Facebook, etc. He then proceeded to ask a simple technical question which you had to provide a solution for on the spot through a web application from which he could see you typing (a bit nerve wrecking).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of strings, for each string, find if it has an anagram in the list.
Took about a month altogether, which felt longer given the intensity of the process. Kicked off with a technical screening, followed by two rigorous coding interviews. The DSA question on binary tree vertical order traversal hit me hard at first, but then I recognized the prompt instantly — I had just worked through something similar on PracHub. The final round was focused on system design, and while I ended up receiving an offer, I ultimately declined it. Overall, a challenging experience that definitely sharpened my skills.
1 leetcode med, 1 leetcode hard. make sure you know your DSA and leetcode questions. I wasn't able to get an offer bc i didnt complete the second question. Got a reply 2 days later saying they would move on
Overall, the process took a little over two weeks, which felt a bit longer than I anticipated. After a quick screening, I went through two technical rounds focusing on coding and DSA concepts. One of the questions was a classic palindrome check; mid-way through, I realized it was something I had practiced on PracHub just days earlier. The final step was a casual behavioral interview. I was relieved to get an offer shortly after, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string, determine if it is a valid palindrome considering only alphanumeric characters and ignoring case.