RejectedE5 at Meta
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 3-4 Weeks
- Rounds
- 5
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
- Company Website
How it went
Despite strong performance in multiple rounds, the final feedback resulted in a rejection, rejection happen even with strong performance, treat every round as a learning opportunity
What they would tell you
Despite strong performance in multiple rounds, the final feedback resulted in a rejection, rejection happen even with strong performance, treat every round as a learning opportunity
How to prepare
The screening tests conceptual clarity and coding speed, for coding round explain your approach clearly, handle edge cases, and justify time / space complexity Be prepared with STAR-based examples that highlight ownership, problem-solving, and teamwork
Their background
Hi everyone, This was my first experience interviewing with Meta
Round by round
- 1
Screening Round60 min
Reverse Pairs: Counting pairs in an array where the first number is greater than twice the second. Bottom View of Binary Tree: Determining the bottom-most node at each horizontal distance of a binary tree.
- 2
DSA round 160 min
Minimum Adjacent Swaps to Make a Valid Array: Implemented a greedy approach, explained step by step, and handled edge cases Binary Tree Vertical Order Traversal: Solved using BFS with horizontal distance mapping
- 3
DSA Round 260 min
Array Nesting: Traverse cycles in arrays efficiently Top K Frequent Elements: Solved using heap or bucket sort approach
- 4
Behaviour Round60 min
The interviewer asked about:
- A project I’m proud of and its success factors
- An instance where I had to change strategy mid-project
- Handling conflict or disagreement with a team member
- A skill I’m currently improving and steps I’m taking to develop it
- 5
Design Round60 min
Design an ad click aggregator that aggregates clicks with 24-hour granularity only
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.