I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Nov 2021
Interview
This was a while back, but...
Phone interview was pretty bad.
Interviewer had poor audio quality, despite me letting him know a few times. It was done through some Verizon owned video call, and we used coderpad.
The technical portions was 1 LC hard and 1 LC medium, I'm not entirely sure how they expected us to finish both in 40 mins. No hints for the first LC hard-- and it was the first question. Was not able to finish it and struggled for a bit. The LC medium was fairly easy to do, though I probably messed up somewhere as I was being pressed for time.
Generic LeetCode-style questions, many tagged as Meta, so extensive preparation is required to perform well in the technical interview. The experience varies significantly - some interviewers provide hints and guidance, while others expect candidates to solve problems independently with minimal assistance.
Spoke with interviewer over video conferencing. He was very communicative . He answered my questions. Asked me BFS question. A question that involved BFS search. Given a matrix, I am suppose to find a path from top left to down right.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question that involved BFS search. Given a matrix, I am suppose to find a path from top left to down right.
The technical round hit me with a classic array manipulation problem: moving zeroes to the end without disrupting the order of non-zero elements. As I tackled it, I felt a wave of familiarity wash over me; I had just practiced a similar challenge on PracHub. The rest of the interview followed a straightforward path, with some easy behavioral questions sprinkled in. Overall, it felt very easy, but I wasn’t quite the right fit for what they needed, so I didn’t receive an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Move zeroes in an array to the end while keeping non-zero element order, in place