I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in May 2015
Interview
1 phone screen followed by 4 on campus interviews. Standard coding questions, one highly scalable design questions, questions about past projects. Check out David Malan scalability lecture on YouTube. That's a good starting point. Write code
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a situation where you had a difference of opinion about a project and how did you resolve it?
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
