I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
I applied through Career Fair in College and got called for on-campus interview. After 2 weeks, the interviewer notified me to go for an on-site interview. I chose San Francisco, at the headquarter of Facebook. The first question is easy when you only have to dfs or bfs to find all adjacent areas. The second question took place at the on-site, and it was a little bit harder than first one
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a 2-d matrix with each cell contains a character from the alphabet. Given a word, verify if the exist in this matrix. A word is called to exist in a matrix if there is a path from cells to cells in the matrix and this path creates a word that matches the word we're looking for. a cell could move to all vertex-adjacent cells (so there are 8 adjacent cells) and cannot use a cell more than once
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.