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Meta | E5 | London | Mar 2024 [Offer]

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Background: 6 YOE, Previously worked at Google and TikTok
Position: E5 SWE at Meta
Location: London, UK
Date: Somewhere in Apr 2024

Screening: 0) Find range sum in BST. 1) Max sequence of 1s in a binary array if we can flip no more than k zeros

Onsite Coding 1: 0) Find sliding window max in an array 1) print elements of a BST left to right

Onsite Coding 2: 0) find shortest path in a binary matrix, follow-up: what if it's an infinite field 1) Find minimum number of flips of 0s into 1s in a binary m x n matrix to make the size of the biggest adjacent set of 1s >=k (k is given)

System design: Design a system which removes "bad" ad posts from instagram before they are visible to users

Behavioral: Many STAR pattern questions, very generic, find examples online

Solved all questions in time and advanced to team matching. Good luck out there!

// are interviewers from meta always so aloof?..

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