I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I went to my college's career fair and dropped off my resume with Facebook, we had a nice chat. Next week, they sent me an e-mail asking me to come in for a first-round interview on campus. The day before the interview, we had a nice meet and greet in the computer science tea room. They were very friendly, and we got to know each other better. The next day, I had my first interview. It comprised of a few technical questions, and runtime analysis which I think I answered correctly. In the evening, they e-mailed me telling me I've made it to the second (final) round. However, I did not manage to complete the second round challenge within the time limit, and I was not given an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of distinct integers, and a target integer t, compute all of the subsets of the array that sum to t, where order matters. (I was given ~20 minutes to solve this)
Took about a month altogether, which felt longer given the intensity of the process. Kicked off with a technical screening, followed by two rigorous coding interviews. The DSA question on binary tree vertical order traversal hit me hard at first, but then I recognized the prompt instantly — I had just worked through something similar on PracHub. The final round was focused on system design, and while I ended up receiving an offer, I ultimately declined it. Overall, a challenging experience that definitely sharpened my skills.
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.