I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Meta in May 2012
Interview
The talking was accompanied with noise. I was asked a simple string question.
Because before the interview, the website recommend to give a solution which can be explained
easily. I chose the simplest way to do so. And from the interview, I found facebook only want to get some programmer, but not researcher. Several days later, I got rejected. I think sometimes if you have time,
you can choose some complicated algorithm, even you can not make sure to explain very well.
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.