I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
Applied through employee referral. Got a phone screen about two weeks later. Didn't get contacted for about 4.5 weeks, then was asked to come onsite to Menlo Park campus. The onsite was one 45 minute interview with one interviewer, and then a tour. Received a phone call the day after with the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone screen: Given a list of numbers and a function that returns Low, Medium, or High, sort the list by Lows, then Mediums, then Highs.
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.