I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta in Nov 2021
Interview
Two technical interviews 45 min each, two medium leetcode tasks, at the beginning of the second was asked behavioural questions like "what was the project you were working on", "tell me about yourself"
Standard 2 question online assessment LC hards. After the OA was a resume review behavioral (same as other FAANG) to leetcode (standard Neetcode) zoom rounds. Same process as the other big tech companies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a program to solve a Sudoku puzzle by filling the empty cells.
A sudoku solution must satisfy all of the following rules:
Each of the digits 1-9 must occur exactly once in each row.
Each of the digits 1-9 must occur exactly once in each column.
Each of the digits 1-9 must occur exactly once in each of the 9 3x3 sub-boxes of the grid.
The '.' character indicates empty cells.
no referral, directly applied online.
1 takehome with blue jean
2 technical rounds
- easy lc in first round
- easy-medium lc in second round
that was sufficient for intern level interview
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
First step in person (University recruiting), two coding problems at the blackboard and 5 minutes for questions to the interviewer.
Second step remotely. A quarter behavioural and the rest three quarters of an hour for 2 coding problems.
I felt a strong connection to the interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Motivations that brought me there.
Questions about SWEish experiences I had through my university career, both general (topic like particular challenges, collaboration) and more specific (experience with particular libraries).
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 640 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(Internship) according to 640 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
Presentation: 24%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 7%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
Personality test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Group panel interview: 0%
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