Standard leetcode questions and system design. Listen to recruiter. Ensure you prepared for the normal interview questions. Search up online how to navigate it. Interviews will go really fast so be prepared for that.
Meta Interview Process (Software Engineer)
📌 1. Application & Recruiter Screen
You apply directly or get referred.
A recruiter reaches out to discuss:
Your background and resume.
Role fit and level (IC3, IC4, IC5, etc.).
Timeline and next steps.
🧠 2. Online Assessment / Technical Phone Screens
Depending on level and role, you’ll face:
🔹 (A) Online Coding Assessment (often for interns/new grads)
HackerRank-style test (2-3 problems).
Focus on data structures, algorithms, edge cases, and efficiency.
🔹 (B) Technical Phone Interview(s) (1–2 rounds)
45-minute coding interview via CoderPad or Meta's internal tool.
Solve 1–2 Leetcode-style problems live.
Expect:
Strings, Trees, Graphs, Dynamic Programming, etc.
Follow-up questions and optimizations.
Clean code, communication, and test cases.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
two coding questions. one is about palindrome. The other is a binary tree traversal question. DFS algorithm can handle it easily, In the context of a DFS (Depth-First Search) tree traversal, preorder and postorder refer to different ways of visiting the nodes during the traversal. Here's the distinction。
two technical round + 1 behavior round + 1 system design round.
Each tech round is one Medium + follow up, time is very limited.
System design is design a auction system of ins, not prepared well for this round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One leetcode medium issue, two hard lc, one is LRU.