I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Meta in Apr 2015
Interview
I first had a portfolio review at a school portfolio review event then got emails for a next rounds of interviews. Had to pick 1 or 2 projects and share with them in details. Asked me how I would further develop some projects and asked about thinking process as well.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Mar 2015
Interview
3 rounds: First round is a culture fit. The next two interviews assess your design thinking. You will do a live critque of a popular, non Facebook owned app. (I did Yelp). The final interview had me going very in depth about the strongest project in my portfolio. These last two interviews each lasted 45 minutes each (The last one went over a bit). Fantastic, friendly people. Ran out of spots for interns for the 2015 season, so my application is paused for the 2016 season.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me the high level thinking behind your application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Mar 2015
Interview
Entire process took about 2.5 weeks. Recruiter reached out to me, screening interview for 20-30 minutes. Explained that I have other offer letters expiring soon, Facebook accelerated their the interview process. Following week I had two 45 minute interviews back to back, the first going over a portfolio piece of mine in-depth, and the other critiquing an existing app (Yelp). Overall this interview process was surprisingly fun, and it's clear to me that Facebook cares about it's employees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about [project from your portfolio]. What was the goal, what were the challenges, what was your specific role, etc. (The intent is to get a better understanding of your design work/process, intentionality, and overall awareness.)