I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Nov 2011
Interview
A friend who's an engineer there passed my resume along. Had two phone interviews which I found quite difficult. They both had me code in collabedit.org, and the second also actually ran my code on codepad.org - that was a surprise! I did not do perfectly on the phone interview questions, but still got through.
They brought me on-site for an interview day which included a tour, lunch, a talk, and four 1:1 interviews. One-half of the first interview included some questions about leadership, teamwork etc., and the rest were all technical. One of the interviewers seemed to be in a grumpy mood, but that's the luck of the draw. The whiteboard coding questions were not too bad and I think I got them all, though with some silly mistakes along the way. I'd agree with the previous reviewer who said their questions are not as difficult as Google's- though perhaps they therefore have higher expectations as to how quickly/flawlessly you solve them.
On my way out they gave me a goodie bag with some swag. Oh, and at one point I saw Zuckerberg milling about. Got an email a week or so later- I would not be winning the Facebook IPO lottery!
1 code signal online assessment into 2 interviews with 2 leet code medium style questions around a 40 minute time frame as well as 1 behavioural interview with SWEs to gauge culture fit.
really friendly recruiter and interviewer, screening interview 2 coding questions 45 minutes long. After that is one day of 3-4 interviews that are technical and one behavioral. It was a smooth experience
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Meta (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
I applies online and got a reference. Soon after received an email to schedule a phone conversation for a technical screen. Did coding on coderpad on a question which was:
Find the minimum distance to a leaf node in a binary tree
Had a short conversation on resume and projects and what Im looking for as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the minimum distance to a leaf node in a binary tree