I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Worst experience with the fb recruiting team! Was really excited about the opportunity but would never ever recommend anyone.
My friend referred me to facebook, got an email to schedule a prescreening call. I scheduled it as per the instructions. Recruiter never replied and never called at the scheduled time. I asked my friend to check what's going on! He found out that the recruiter is ill and in hospital, which is understandable (Hope she gets better soon). He mailed her manager about the situation, next day, I got a reject directly without any prescreening call or anything!
Things they should learn from Google! Even though they have 5-6 times the number of employees and maybe much more applications, their recruiting process is much smoother!
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.