I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interview took me 2 months. I tried to choose more distant dates so that I could prepare better. 1 screening with 2 medium leetcode algorithms, then 2 days of full loop: 2 algorithms + system design and 2 algorithms + behavioural.
+ there was online coding challenge with web camera without an interviewer splitted into 4 stages and lasted 90 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
6 medium leetcode algorithms. Right those that were filtered for Meta for the past 6 months.
For system design, implement the system like dropbox
Video conference CodePad coding tests. 1st interview was some easy warm up questions followed by a Leet Code medium problem. Same thing for 2nd coding screen except it was a Leet Code hard question. So you've got 30 minutes or less to completely solve a medium or hard Leet Code question in Coder pad.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (London, England) in Oct 2020
Interview
2 coding tests, 1 behavioural interview and 1 product design interview all on one day back to back, about 3 hours total. I was given an overwhelming amount of information and materials to study in the 4 weeks leading up to the interview.
In the end it was a no but the reason given was that the way I have work assigned to me in my current job was not the same as how they work at Facebook. I wish they would have said that up front because I spent a huge amount of time preparing for the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you architect an item on someone's newsfeed.
