I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Urbana, IL) in Sep 2017
Interview
It was a extremely smooth process. I talked to the recruiter at the career fair, got an invite for an on-campus interview within a week.
Before interviewing, we had a social event where we got to learn more about the interview process and talk to software engineers. Then, I had two interviews within a week and got an offer the week after.
The interviews were pretty standard, white-board questions. It was in your best interest to answer both questions in the 45 minute alotted time. If you didn't make it to the second question because you spent all of your time on the first question, that was a good indicator that the interview didn't go that well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about picking elements in sorted arrays, dynamic programming, graph traversals.
Generic LeetCode-style questions, many tagged as Meta, so extensive preparation is required to perform well in the technical interview. The experience varies significantly - some interviewers provide hints and guidance, while others expect candidates to solve problems independently with minimal assistance.
Spoke with interviewer over video conferencing. He was very communicative . He answered my questions. Asked me BFS question. A question that involved BFS search. Given a matrix, I am suppose to find a path from top left to down right.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question that involved BFS search. Given a matrix, I am suppose to find a path from top left to down right.
The technical round hit me with a classic array manipulation problem: moving zeroes to the end without disrupting the order of non-zero elements. As I tackled it, I felt a wave of familiarity wash over me; I had just practiced a similar challenge on PracHub. The rest of the interview followed a straightforward path, with some easy behavioral questions sprinkled in. Overall, it felt very easy, but I wasn’t quite the right fit for what they needed, so I didn’t receive an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Move zeroes in an array to the end while keeping non-zero element order, in place