I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Meta (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Applied online and quickly received a schedule for a phone technical interview. Got onto a coderpad.io call with an engineer. I'm bad at technical interviews, so it was a grueling thirty minutes of him helping me through the problem. Got an email within a few days saying I would not move ahead.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If A = 1, B = 2, etc., Z = 26, output all the possible combinations of a string of numbers (ie. 123 could be "abc" or "ic" or "ap"
Took about a month altogether, which felt longer given the intensity of the process. Kicked off with a technical screening, followed by two rigorous coding interviews. The DSA question on binary tree vertical order traversal hit me hard at first, but then I recognized the prompt instantly — I had just worked through something similar on PracHub. The final round was focused on system design, and while I ended up receiving an offer, I ultimately declined it. Overall, a challenging experience that definitely sharpened my skills.
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.