I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Meta (Ann Arbor, MI) in Oct 2016
Interview
The recruiter first asked me about the project. That took about 5 or 7 minutes. Then he asked to solve one coding problem. I successfully described the most efficient solution. However, it took me way too long, so I ran out of time before getting even halfway though the implementation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are given a list of strings (e.g. ["cat", "dog", "hat", "apple", "c"] ). Write a program that would take as input a string containing a wild card character, like "*at", "**t" (could be "cat", "hat", "bat"), "ca*", etc. and return true if there is a corresponding string in the list, and false otherwise.
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.