I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Mountain View, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
First round of interview happened one month ago, and was informed one week after that I was invited to a onsite interview. As usual, it starts late, at noon. One system design, two coding and one culture. The interviews are not difficult, but do need solid knowledge on database design, basic data structure and algorithms. No more than string, pointer, graph and tree.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode is more than enough for the coding. Take more time on database design.
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