I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Dec 2024
Interview
2 coding and 1 behavior. Coding interviews included medium level leetcode-like problems with many follow-up questions, the time was tight. Behavior interview had many questions in resume and previous experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A moment when someone pushed back your ideas/approaches at work.
Recruiter call was pretty standard, first round was 2 Meta tagged LC mediums in 45 minutes. On-site was 2 coding sessions of 2 LC mediums, a system design interview and a behavioral interview with an engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you answer if someone asks how long a deliverable or project will take?
The entire process usually takes 3–8 weeks, depending on scheduling and the specific role. Coding interviews heavily emphasize common DSA topics such as arrays, strings, trees, graphs, BFS/DFS, heaps, hash maps, and dynamic programming. System design becomes increasingly important for E4+ positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target