I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Contacted a technical recruiter who helped set up a technical phone interview with an engineer. The phone interview last 45 minutes with a typical algorithm optimization problem. The engineer works with me to come up with a better version of my brute-force solution which was great and the whole process was very educational as well.
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I didn't have enough time to research on the question but if you search around on this site and google, you should be able to cover most of the basic questions that were asked.
Recruiter call was pretty standard, first round was 2 Meta tagged LC mediums in 45 minutes. On-site was 2 coding sessions of 2 LC mediums, a system design interview and a behavioral interview with an engineering manager.
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How do you answer if someone asks how long a deliverable or project will take?
The entire process usually takes 3–8 weeks, depending on scheduling and the specific role. Coding interviews heavily emphasize common DSA topics such as arrays, strings, trees, graphs, BFS/DFS, heaps, hash maps, and dynamic programming. System design becomes increasingly important for E4+ positions.
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Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target