I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I applied through a referral from a former employee. The entire process took about a month. I had one phone screen, then a day of on-site interviews with four people. The interview process was good overall, mostly just the usual questions on coding, algorithms, past projects. The recruiter was helpful and communicative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing stood out as particularly difficult or unexpected.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Nov 2013
Interview
Everyone was edgy when I started seeing people at Facebook, including the receptionists. Granted, job interviews tend to be critical, and we are the people who seemed to be begging for the highly-lucrative job positions.
Then I saw this lady, who gave no self-introduction, no facial interaction, had only super-sharp look or pretended to be, who led me through these cold stairs, picked up a drink, and up to this tiny room, then started asking me questions.
God bless her, turned out she was a software engineer, and may be the domain expert in my field.
OK, so let's move on to programming, by which time I became edgy, too, knowing this lady sitting right behind me, feeling her freezing eyes examining up and down my neck, maybe my hair, too (I am a man). Did she notice my white hair as well?
Anyway, the interview was quick (less than an hour), and I was let go. I knew there won't be any followup. Even if it does, am I willing to experience it again?
What a fast way to ruin a day-off.