They asked about my previous experience and where I went to school and what I learned in school and what I did in school and how many projects ive worked on.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta in Mar 2023
Interview
My Meta interview experience was intense, fair, and surprisingly well structured. The interviewer set clear expectations, kept the pace tight, and focused heavily on problem solving, tradeoffs, and communication rather than trivia. The coding question was realistic and layered, rewarding a clean first solution and making follow-ups much easier if the foundation was solid. I appreciated the emphasis on explaining decisions, edge cases, and complexity. Feedback cues were subtle but helpful, and the conversation felt collaborative instead of adversarial. Overall, it felt like a strong signal-seeking process that values clarity, adaptability, and engineering judgment more than memorized patterns in practice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Graph question but I forgot how to implement bellman ford
It was a slow, tedious, and not well thought out process. Everything you've heard, on both ends of the spectrum, is true about them - but they deviate towards the no bueno end of the spectrum. And they ghost you, or take so long to reject you you have found another job or moved on
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They ask about your history and background, they do a deeper dive into your technical expertise and ensure you understand the tradeoffs between approaches, leetcode questions, etc etc