Meta | IC4 | London | May 2024 [Reject, After Full Loop]

Status: 1.5 YOE, BS CS, ex-intern Meta
Position: Android SWE
Location: London
Date: March - May 2024

Technical phone screen (45 mins): (Could not solve second fully, but explained the approach and wrote pseudocode)

1. https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-sorted-array/
2. https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-remove-to-make-valid-parentheses/

Onsite (4 rounds):

1. Coding 1: (Could not solve second)

1. https://leetcode.com/problems/clone-graph/
2. https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/633689/Facebook-or-PhoneVideo-or-Find-Cheese

2. Behavioral: (Went good)
   Standard quesitons: areas of improvement, conlict with collegue, project was delayed, project most proud of, conflict with collegue where you were wrong at the end.
3. Mobile system design: (Went average)
   Design a photo messaging app
4. Coding 2: (Went excellent)

1. https://leetcode.com/problems/nested-list-weight-sum-ii/
2. https://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-tree/

Result: Reject mostly based on coding rounds

My recommendations to prepare for Meta interviews:

1. Coding rounds mostly on top 100-150 from facebook list, it should be enough
2. Behavioral also some pretty standard quesitons, just prepare 1-2 story for each in STAR
3. For mobile system design, you better do more mocks