Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Meta (Londres, Inglaterra) en sep 2024
Entrevista
1 round of problem solving
Interview Day:
1 round problem solving
1 round behavioural
2 rounds system design
I did so well on all rounds except the first design round. They said they wanted to redo a design round and I asked them to review the second design round as I did so well on it. They said that was a callibration round and I wasn'n in the random set of candidates where they'd use that round. So basically was an hour of my life wasted lol.
It was frustrating but I did a 3rd design round on a short notice as I had travel plans for a whole month ahead and unfortunately didn't make it.
I'd say everything else about the process was smooth and recruiters were extremely helpful
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
For problem solving I remember questions I'd categorise as leetcode mediums.
For system design I was asked:
- Design a trending topic engine for a social network
- Design Messenger
- Design LeetCode/CodeForces like system
Got a referral through a friend who worked at Meta, which sped up the entire process. After a casual initial chat, I went through a technical interview where I faced a DSA question about validating palindromes. The interviewer was friendly but rigorous. During prep, I had spent time with the coding challenges on PracHub, and it was funny to see a similar palindrome question pop up. Overall, I received an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it after careful consideration.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Given a string s, return true if it can be a palindrome after deleting at most one character (Valid Palindrome II).
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
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
