Me postulé a través de un reclutador. Acudí a una entrevista en Meta (Menlo Park, CA) en ene 2026
Entrevista
got a dm from a meta recruiter on linkedin. process was super fast. initial recruiter screen was the usual - background and checking alignment on level (e4/e5). then a technical phone screen with two lc style coding questions, mostly mediums around arrays and strings.
the onsite was 4 rounds total. first was a coding round (traditional ds/algo stuff), then sys design where i had to design a real-time collaborative editor - really had to watch out for concurrency and scaling - they keep talking about it. third was leadership & drive, mostly situational stuff like handling conflict or project tradeoffs. the most interesting one was the new ai-assisted coding round. it's not like leetcode - you’re working in a real codebase with multiple files and an ai sidebar. had to build a feature into an existing structure and honestly, it’s tricky because you have to critique the ai output and not just blindly copy it lol. i was a bit shaky on the system design and how to actually 'collab' with the ai without looking like i was cheating, so i did a few mocks on prepfully with a meta swe. that helped a ton with my structure and how to pipeline my thoughts while the ai was generating code so i didn't just sit there idle. got the offer 2 weeks later, team seems great so far!
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Given an array of strings, write a function to return all strings that are anagrams.
Took about a month from start to finish, which felt longer than I expected. After a couple of initial phone screenings, I faced a challenging technical round focused on system design. It was during this round that I was asked to describe overcoming a major career challenge. Interestingly, I had just reviewed a similar framework on PracHub, which helped me articulate my thoughts clearly. Overall, I appreciated the depth of the process and ended up accepting the offer.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Describe Overcoming a Major Challenge in Your Career
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target
Unexpectedly, the first question in the technical round felt familiar. It was about finding a subset of strings with unique character concatenation — same problem I had worked through on PracHub a few days earlier. The interview included a recruiter screen followed by a rigorous pair of technical interviews where I tackled data structures and algorithms alongside system design concepts. After successfully answering a few more challenging DSA questions, I received an offer. The entire experience was intense but ultimately rewarding, and I happily accepted the position.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Given an array of strings, pick a subset whose concatenation contains no duplicate characters, and return the maximum possible length of that concatenation.
