I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2024
Interview
Interview process at Meta was a whirlwind experience. Recruiter took a leave and I was ghosted for about 8 weeks after my initial round, however was pleasantly surprised to receive results within a week after the interview. Technical rounds - a mix of coding, system design, and behavioral questions. I practiced the top 100 Meta-tagged LeetCode questions, very helpful. I did encounter some challenges during a dry run in one of the coding rounds but I guess I managed to provide optimal solutions for most questions. Picked Product Architecture over System Design since that is closer to what I've done in past rounds. Was a bit nervous about this format since not many companies had it, but someone recommended Prepfully where I managed to find some EMs from Meta who were able to help me understand expectations (I recommend it too now, btw)
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.
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA)
Interview
It's honestly striaght from leetcode tagged
There are no surprises if you do tagged you would be good and do well.
System design is much harder. Would recommend using hello interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design Twitter and consider if it was suddenly an extremely low latency env