I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Aug 2023
Interview
I had a very negative experience. It was due to one of the interviewers I ran into during the onsite interview. This interviewer was very aggressive and angry. They yelled at me for not knowing the answer to one of their questions. I don't care if I don't know how to code 1+1, you should treat everyone with respect. I reported this to the recruiting team. I have no confirmation that they reprimanded this engineer. They said they would look into it that's it. I'm fairly certain based off my previous experiences in this industry that this engineer's rage was due to racism. At the end of the interview process I was told I was rejected and given no feedback.
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.