I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (London, England) in Jun 2023
Interview
First it was recruiter screening, very general questions, then coding interview after which I stopped as some of my questions about the company / team I would be working on hadn't been answered (hiriing process structure didn't really allow for this to be fair).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Too much leet code questions in the coding interview, it did not feel like we were discussing a real scenario which both I and the interviewer were aware of. It felt like a joke.
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