I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Nov 2014
Interview
There was an initial phone call with the hiring manager to assess job fit, followed by a phone screen interview, and an all-day interview gauntlet on-site in Menlo Park. Despite things seeming like a good fit for my software and DBMS optimization skills during the phone discussions, it turned out that the group was interested in low-level hardware design issues (e.g., optimal cache-line sizing).
It was good as the process was smooth and recruiters were always helping in the situations whenever needed. I had a technical screening with DSA, a system design round, a performance round, and behaviour round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA and behaviour questions related to principles.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Sept 2024
Interview
Standard Screening round followed by a full loop.
Full loop consisted of 1 coding, 1 system design, 2 behavioral and 1 hiring manager round. The coding rounds were easier than the ones that Meta conducts for SDE roles
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the coding round, I was asked to solve a standard sampling question. Sample some items based on their weights.
Email question, coding interview, followed by technical knowledge interview with hardware and operating system internals questions and behavioural questions. The following superficial text is to fill out the word count.
