I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in May 2020
Interview
As a comparison to other companies that I've interviewed at, the recruiting process at Facebook was embarrassingly bad.
The recruiter that I got assigned was doing the bare minimum. The interview schedule didn't get finalized until 2 days before my virtual onsite, and it took over a week from the time that they told me that they were working on a schedule. During this process I didn't hear from my recruiter at all, and I had to email the person that's responsible for scheduling to ask for progress.
On the day of my interview, one of the interviewers was just unprofessional, impolite, and unresponsive. I felt like I had to drive the interview and constantly ask whether I was going in the right direction, otherwise it was just awkward silence. At one point in time I was trying to clarify with the interviewer about the hint that was given, he scoffed.
After the interview I didn't hear from the recruiter and they obviously didn't care how my interview day experience was.
Then I got a rejection email, which I'm sure comes from a template, telling me to wait another year before reapplying. All I can say at this point is "No thanks, the rejection is mutual"
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standard leetcode gatekeepers. nothing special about it. they expect you to solve multi problems, about 3 in total if you manage to solve, then they would consider. experience doesn't matter, your correct answer matters
Technical screen followed by Onsite 4 Rounds.
Technical screen was simple leetcode.
Onsite consisted of two more leetcode along with one system design and one behavioural.
Interviewee were all very nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a conflict you had at work and how did you deal with it?
(behavioural)
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Had an initial recruiter call for talking about my background. Then we made an appointment for the phone screen interview. After phone screen interview, it goes to a 4-round interview loop.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone Screen: Two classic leetcode problems in the Top 30 list. One tests binary search in a sorted array, another one tests graph search using Breath First Search or Depth First Search algorithm
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 2,266 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer according to 2,266 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
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