I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Meta (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2017
Interview
He first asked about project experience and behavior questions. Then asked about some technical problems. The interviewer was patient and we had a really good talk. There's no long coding involved, maybe because it's just the first phone interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the most challenging part while working on your project?
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.
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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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