I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
The process was kind of long. After I had completed my online assessments, it had come time for the coding interview. My interviewer had asked me if I had seen the question before. I said I have.
I didn't think this was a question that was going to get them to ask me a different question, I just thought it was a curious question. Anyways, he then changed the problem from a problem I knew how to solve to a problem I didn't know how to solve.
So I was not too happy with that because I don't believe you should be penalized for studying.
I solved it and we went to the next problem. He asked if I had seen this one,
I said yes, and he again changed to a problem I hadn't seen before.
Honesty hurts.
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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.