I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2022
Interview
A telephone screening then I had to do 2 technical rounds though I was told it should be only one before onsite interviews. The first round went just fine and everything was clear and I did all what I was asked for.
For the second round the first task had such a weird requirement (solve without using division), I have never seen such a constraint anywhere in the 100s of problems I ever solved. I think it was trying to be innovative but it off-tracked the interview from technology-thinking to riddle-solving. For the second task: the interviewer seemed to have no knowledge of C# Dictionary data structure and kept insisting that I should use a set where the dictionary is more efficient in data access. The interviewer English language was so unclear that made it very hard for me to understand him. Most of the characters pronunciation was wrong causing words to be heard as all vowels. I even asked a question at the end of the interview after completing the tasks but I could not understand what he was saying at all however I had to giveup on it since time was already over.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Q1:
Given an array nums of n integers where n > 1, return an array output such that output[i] is equal to the product of all the elements of nums except nums[i].
Input: [4,3,2,1] Output: [6,8,12,24]
Please solve it
* without division operator
* in O(n).
Q2:
Given a short string S and a dictionary D, find out all possible ways to split S using words in D
Test example:
S = 'abcd' D = ['a', 'b', 'ab', 'cd'] -> ['a b cd', 'ab cd']
S = 'aaa' D = ['a'] -> ['a a a']
S = 'abcd' D = ['ab'] -> []
S = 'abcd' D = ['abcd'] -> ['abcd']
The process is straightforward and designed to help us get to know each other. It moves through a few stages at a comfortable pace, involves conversations with several team members, and focuses on making sure it's a good mutual fit.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Had an initial recuriter call and then scheduled a coding round with 2 leetcode questions. Practicing Meta-tagged leetcode questions would help prepare for this round. Interviewers expect clear communication and code.
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.
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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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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