I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta
No offer
Neutral experience
Easy interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Cork) in Sept 2019
Interview
Rather complicated process of hiring. Multiple stages, but at least quick decision afterwards. The sequence was the following: company recruiter contact with inquiring on either the job position they have is interesting, screening interview 1:1 (~1 hour), in few weeks time my general presentation + 5 interviews (full day onsite), decision next week. Technical interviews (3 of 5) left impression that they were focused too much on their current needs. Questions were too deep and too narrow, much narrower than the job description stated; would be easy though for who worked on specifically those topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your best/worst working day with your previous employer?
7 Interviews, didn't receive an offer after the final round. Time-consuming process, which includes multiple rounds of technical interviews (design, coding, behavior, etc.) and a 1-hour research talk. The team leader was unpleasant to interact with.
recruiter call, technical interview, research interview, and job talk (presentation), hiring manager interview, everything was organized in the website so it was easy to navigate through the process, and recruiter was always responding super quickly