I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Whiteboard questions made overly complicated for the sake of being complicated versus accessing skills. The feedback I received was that the coding portion wasn't up to par, which tells me that had I been hired there my work would have been nit-picked to death, sabotaged, and argued with. No wonder Facebook products are what they are. I'm satisfied that the interview revealed the fit wasn't a good fit in both directions.
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