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
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Sep 2016
Interview
The whole process went by incredibly quickly. After applying directly to a recruiter, I completed a coding challenge through HackerRank as part of the screening process. I then received a call from the recruiter to walk me through the interview steps, which was a very kind gesture to make towards an intern.
After that, there were two phone interviews, each just a week apart. Both went rather smoothly, but I was rejected by email just hours after the second interview. While no feedback was provided, and although I thought the technical portion of the interviews went well, I have a hunch that they were looking for someone with more university and extracurricular project experience, something which I lacked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were some simple questions on array sorting, integer to string parsing, and a question on merging intervals that I got in another interview with another firm.
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.