I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Stony Brook, NY) in Jan 2016
Interview
I had one interview and got a reject after that. It was a 45 minute phone interview. After introductions, I was asked two programming questions. The interviewer was helpful. I could solve both questions before the interview ended. I asked for feedback, but no reason was given, just a generic email.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
1. Given a version control system, and there are n versions, find the version which got corrupted. So when a version gets corrupted, all the next versions are bad versions. The task was to find the first bad version.
1 leetcode med, 1 leetcode hard. make sure you know your DSA and leetcode questions. I wasn't able to get an offer bc i didnt complete the second question. Got a reply 2 days later saying they would move on
Overall, the process took a little over two weeks, which felt a bit longer than I anticipated. After a quick screening, I went through two technical rounds focusing on coding and DSA concepts. One of the questions was a classic palindrome check; mid-way through, I realized it was something I had practiced on PracHub just days earlier. The final step was a casual behavioral interview. I was relieved to get an offer shortly after, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string, determine if it is a valid palindrome considering only alphanumeric characters and ignoring case.