RejectedE5 at Meta
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 2-3 Weeks
- Rounds
- 5
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
How it went
At the end of the day, it was a tough experience, rejected
What they would tell you
At the end of the day, it was a tough experience, rejected
How to prepare
- Onsite rounds are little bit hard
- Trees, Strings, Hashmaps, Arrays, Modular Arithmetic
Round by round
- 1
Phone Screen60 min
Started with a recruiter call, talking about my experience and why I wanted to join Meta. Then came the technical part
- 2
Coding Round 160 min
The first coding round was with Meta engineer
- 3
Coding Round 260 min
The second coding round was with friendly engineer
- 4
Design Round60 min
The interviewer, a senior backend tech lead Design recommendation system for Netflix Personalized recommendations for movies/shows based on user history, demographics Service APIs and endpoints Database and caching strategy
- 5
Behavioral Round60 min
Standard questions about teamwork, leadership, challenges faced, and problem-solving approach
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.
Sources
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