I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Dec 2016
Interview
I had one phone screening, which I did not pass, because I was unable to complete my coding within the given time frame. Overall the interview went clear, I was given hints, we talked about possible solutions, complexities and everything was friendly. That's why my overall impression is positive.
Later, after the interview, I was able to solve it in a relaxed environment within 30 minutes. Which is still too long for phone screen. Conclusion: you need practice more, more and more..
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Dec 2016
Interview
Phone interview after referral. I got referred, responded to a few emails, and got interviewed over the phone. Interviewer couldn't speak much English, which is fine, but a problem when having a conversation that would be evaluated
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
I contacted a recruiter via email that I received by a former Facebook employee. She followed up asking some standard questions about my experience and availability with a phone screening that lasted about 15 minutes. I then scheduled a phone interview with an engineer in the Instagram even though I was only applying for positions in Europe. The question was pretty difficult and it was more of a mathematical problem than a computer science questions. I studied a lot of algorithms and data structures exercises. The engineer helped me getting the idea on how to solve the problem but I was running out of time unfortunately.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was a mathematical questions about finding the greatest number (but less than the given number) by reordering the digits in the number.