I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
1) Facebook recruiter contacted me on LinkeIn, requesting resume
2) Talked to recruiter over the phone
3) Was invited to on-site interview
4) Talked about my prior experience
5) Asked about job experience in Facebook
6) As part of interview they offered to write a program on the whiteboard
Was interviewed in newly built nice building in Menlo Park. Interestingly, there were a lot of empty cubicles, probably people were working remotely.
Nice buffet with drinks and pastries.
1 leetcode med, 1 leetcode hard. make sure you know your DSA and leetcode questions. I wasn't able to get an offer bc i didnt complete the second question. Got a reply 2 days later saying they would move on
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.