I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Sep 2022
Interview
I was interviewed previously for the same role in Sept 2020 but didn't get an offer. I was advised to wait a year before trying again. I did so and first needed to clear two preliminary coding interviews of about 45 minutes each. I was told that sometimes only one such interview is needed, but sometimes two are needed--as in my case--to generate sufficient "signal". After this stage, I was invited for an "onsite" interview. This was still physically remote from the office, but it was an all day interview similar to an interview that might be physically onsite.
Due to time constraints, I wasn't able to prepare adequately for the onsite at the proposed time, and asked to postpone. I ended up postponing for many months, but did eventually reschedule the onsite. Despite the delay (initiated by me, not Meta) I was not required to repeat any of the preliminary steps, but went directly to the onsite. I was told that this was possible because it was still a bit less than a year since we initiated the process.
The interview consisted of six individual rounds. Two were further coding rounds. Two were behavioral interviews (how I'd handled past challenges more of a human rather than technical nature). One focused specifically on machine learning and the other on systems architecture.
At the end of the day my sourcer said that I would hear more within about 48 hours. I did indeed hear more quickly, but unfortunately the news was negative.
The biggest concern was that significantly less feedback was provided this time as compared to when I interviewed previously two years ago. It is not so much that I expect specific feedback when turned down for a job--I know every company is different. But so much more constructive feedback was provided in Sept 2020 as compared to the next time in Sept 2022. This seemed a step in the wrong direction, and leaves me less enthusiastic about trying again a third time. Again--this is a different reaction than I had in Sept 2020 when the constructive feedback that time left me enthusiastic about trying again as soon as I got the chance.
Overall--not a bad experience, but the lack of constructive feedback this time turned what was overall a "positive" experience into one I'd deem merely "neutral".
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Find the k-th largest element of a list of integers.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2021
Interview
I had five rounds of interviews in total.
Screening Round:
Two back-to-back interviews on the same day asking two coding questions each.
First interview was not so good. I went with the right approach, but could not solve the problem completely.
I nailed the second interview. I was able to solve the first question (strings - Medium) in less than 15 minutes and also solved the second question (graphs - Hard) before the time was over.
Follow-up Round:
One interview where they asked me two coding questions: first( array with a binary search - Easy) and second (trees - Medium).
Team-Matching Rounds:
After I passed the coding rounds, I was informed by the recruiter that I will now have to select 5 teams from the provided list of teams that work in ML at Facebook. Out of my top-5 selected teams, I would be interviewed with any two of them. I had two interviews with my 2nd and 3rd preferred teams and luckily both of them liked me and wanted me in their teams. Finally, I selected my 2nd preferred team and accepted the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
From arrays, strings, graphs, binary search, trees
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Jul 2021
Interview
There we re two rounds of coding questions. two questions each r o un d. medium level le e t code questions. The interviewer are p r o f e s s io n a l.