I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Mar 2017
Interview
A recruiter contacted me and offered a phone screen.
The task was simple, I completed it, but didn't pass the screen. The feedback was --
"Allocated an extra flag that wasn't needed". The flag was, actually, used, and needed.
So, they made up a reason to fail me. That is called prejudice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Parse a string containing numbers and "+", "-" and parentheses. Evaluate the expression.
-2+(3-5) should return -4.
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