I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta in Mar 2023
Interview
My Meta interview experience was intense, fair, and surprisingly well structured. The interviewer set clear expectations, kept the pace tight, and focused heavily on problem solving, tradeoffs, and communication rather than trivia. The coding question was realistic and layered, rewarding a clean first solution and making follow-ups much easier if the foundation was solid. I appreciated the emphasis on explaining decisions, edge cases, and complexity. Feedback cues were subtle but helpful, and the conversation felt collaborative instead of adversarial. Overall, it felt like a strong signal-seeking process that values clarity, adaptability, and engineering judgment more than memorized patterns in practice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Graph question but I forgot how to implement bellman ford
Got a referral through a friend who worked at Meta, which sped up the entire process. After a casual initial chat, I went through a technical interview where I faced a DSA question about validating palindromes. The interviewer was friendly but rigorous. During prep, I had spent time with the coding challenges on PracHub, and it was funny to see a similar palindrome question pop up. Overall, I received an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it after careful consideration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string s, return true if it can be a palindrome after deleting at most one character (Valid Palindrome II).
Recruiter call was pretty standard, first round was 2 Meta tagged LC mediums in 45 minutes. On-site was 2 coding sessions of 2 LC mediums, a system design interview and a behavioral interview with an engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you answer if someone asks how long a deliverable or project will take?
The entire process usually takes 3–8 weeks, depending on scheduling and the specific role. Coding interviews heavily emphasize common DSA topics such as arrays, strings, trees, graphs, BFS/DFS, heaps, hash maps, and dynamic programming. System design becomes increasingly important for E4+ positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target
