I applied through university. I interviewed at Meta (Hyderābād) in Aug 2017
Interview
This interview is for the role of software developer internship at London. The hiring process is pretty smooth. After shortlisting is done, there are two to three phone interviews. The recruiter is very good.
Given a mapping of Char to Char array. Given an input string S. Find all possible strings that can be generated.
every character in the input string should be replaced by a character in its corresponding mapped array of characters.
Ex:
'1' => ['a', 'b', 'c']
'2' => ['d', 'e']
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Input : "12"
output: ["ad", "ae", "bd", "be", "cd", "ce"]
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
1 leetcode med, 1 leetcode hard. make sure you know your DSA and leetcode questions. I wasn't able to get an offer bc i didnt complete the second question. Got a reply 2 days later saying they would move on
Overall, the process took a little over two weeks, which felt a bit longer than I anticipated. After a quick screening, I went through two technical rounds focusing on coding and DSA concepts. One of the questions was a classic palindrome check; mid-way through, I realized it was something I had practiced on PracHub just days earlier. The final step was a casual behavioral interview. I was relieved to get an offer shortly after, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string, determine if it is a valid palindrome considering only alphanumeric characters and ignoring case.