first received an email for the position.
Has a telephone call with HR, it was a short introduction call.
I took 2 weeks for preparing for first coding round.
waiting for the result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
validate a string to have valid parenthesis, how many characters needed to correct the string.
Second one is extended from the first question with 2 closed parenthesis instead of one.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta in Jan 2026
Interview
Filtering steps:
1. Automated coding questions via Coderpad
2. Freestyle coding interview
Full loop interview:
1. System design interview with Excalidraw
2. Behavior interview via zoom
3. Freestyle Coding interview
4. Coding with AI via Coderpad
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Freestyle coding:
Find lowest common ancestor of 2 nodes in a binary tree
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Online Application to Virtual phone screen. Phone screen included two leetcode style questions (random pick index, log parsing question). Finished describing my approaches however they were not optimal. s s
Initial phone screen with recruiter who reached out via Linkedin. Asked reasonable questions about skills and interests related to the role - specifically around infrastructure IAAC, SQL pipelines and real time data.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How much of your time do you spend doing SQL vs Python?
