I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (London, England) in Aug 2017
Interview
Phone screen. I have a feeling that hiring process in Facebook is very biased against female candidates, as I did quickly solve both of the exercises in the most efficient manner, but I received the feedback about my coding being "bad" and my solutions not being "brilliant" (it's a quote!). I've got 7 job offers during the last month, 4 of them in the top companies, how could my coding be that bad to not pass a phone screen?
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.