The interview is a well known round of coding, system design, and behavior interviews. Very well handled, all the interviewers were engaged in the discussion.
Recruiters were attentive up till the point you say it’s not your fit and you would like to decline the opportunity. Then radio silence and they stop responding to any questions (like to give some feedback from the interviews).
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
Interview
Screening Interview of 60 min.
45 min 2 coding questions 15 min behavioral.
The facebook loop 5 Interviews:
1. Behavioral - 45 min
2. Coding - 45 min
3. Design - 45 min
4. Coding - 45 min
5. Design - 45 min
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Screening:
1. sort a string based on custom sorting
2. Get the k-th smallest element give list of sorted arrays
Loop:
1. Basic calc that support * and +
2. Lowest Common Ancestor of two nodes in a tree given you have the parent pointer.
3. Design - design instagram
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Aug 2023
Interview
Recruiter arranged a initial round of interview to justify the Staff level, where I was asked about previous experiences. It was a very standard behavioral interview, no surprising questions. After the interview I was told I can proceed with Staff level application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Share an example where you made a mistake doing your job.
Share an example where you disagree with your manager's decision