I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (London, England)
Interview
Very technical interview, the interviewer didn’t even go through the “introduce yourself” formalities, opened straight with the Leetcode question. Overall, didn’t enjoy the interview, felt very impersonal. There were two leetcode-style questions to solve within 40 minutes on whiteboard. Company is very focused on reducing latency, so if that’s not something you particularly enjoy as a technical challenge,
might not be the best fit (as was in my case)
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I was invited to take their OA about a week after applying, mostly consisted of leetcode easy and mediums. It was a pretty smooth process, with quick feedback. Good experience overall
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures and algorithms, leetcode style medium and easy
They ask the normal standard DSA questions that you would expect for an internship like LeetCode mediums. I think there were two rounds of technical interviews before the offer stage.
DS&A questions, interview is just that with only a couple mins of non technical. Need to be quick and fluent in standard leetcode easy-med, and have decent enough grasp to come up with good ideas to approach leetcode hards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DS&A. Asked about how to merge 3 ordered array into ordered array. Then, how to generalise for k ordered arrays. Was okay, but need to be faster and have solution down as if you can do it in your sleep.