I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta in Jan 2025
Interview
1. Initial call with recruiter (~30mins):
discuss about your background and experience, why you are interested in Meta, overview of interview process and high level view of role and team
2. Technical Phone Screen (~45mins):
Conducted by a Meta software engineer. Coding challenge on a coderpad, It will be two dsa problems (Leetcode style easy to medium)
3. Onsite (4 - 5 rounds, 45 - 50 mins for each round)
(a) two coding rounds: It will be similar to phone screen, but expect harder questions
(b) system design round
(c) behavioral round
You might have additional behavioral or system design round randomly
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.