I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Jan 2017
Interview
I got the call via employee referral. HR contacted me through phone for initial screening. General interview like my background and interest. Then a few weeks later, SQL Coding and Python Coding rounds was conducted. Each coding round were of 45 minutes each back to back with 15 minutes break. The coding was conducted on coder pad. I was able complete the 5 SQL coding questions but could only complete 1 Python coding question. I found the python questions difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL Coding:
5 questions
4 tables were given and questions were mostly on joins, aggregate functions, sub queries.
Python Coding: I guess there were total 5 questions but could reach only till second question.
Count the number of words in a sentence.
Count the frequency of words from the list and store the results in a hash map.
I had Python and SQL round for 30 minutes each. The interview was for 1 hour 30 minutes for SQL and 30 mins for python coding.
Completed 5 questions each but still got rejection email the next day.
It was a contractual job , so the contractors reached out , they needed only SQL & Python proficiency. They explained the requirement and arranged the interview based on my availability.They were pretty efficient.I
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