I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta (London, England) in Apr 2024
Interview
The interview was difficult, I did my best through all the rounds but company still rejected me. The feedback was also vague why go through 8 rounds to reject a candidate, ugh.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral Question: Tell us about a time you encountered a challenging bug in your code. How did you approach debugging it, and what was the outcome?
Technical Question: Imagine a scenario where you need to design a system to handle a massive influx of user comments on a social media platform like Facebook. What factors would you consider when designing such a system, and what trade-offs might you need to make?
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
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.