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“My interview process took a bit longer because a lot of sessions were rescheduled due to reorgs at Meta. Recruiter was helpful in providing guidance in between sessions”
“The questions weren't too difficult, and the interviewers were friendly enough.”
“The questions were concentrated to product sense and analytical thinking, but there were a lot of follow-up questions for each case.”
“Process was good and people were nice. I think it was rushed at times on back to back interview so better to break them. ”
“Process was nice, hard questons, too many interjections by interviwers. But structured responses can sail you through”
“Meta is still leetcode heavy and medium to hard questions should be expected. Since it's leetcode style interview you can predict the out come and also prepare easily. What didn't go well - For the second question couldn't walk-though the code with example due to time constraint. - I spent too much time explaining my approach for both problems. Overall keep your thoughts concise and finish the code first to quickly finish both questions.”
“It was really fast, about 2 weeks total, I felt like I answered the qeustions perfectly but I didn't make it to the full loop round. ”
“The interview began with a brief self-introduction, followed by two questions: Most challenging project. What do you want to work on at Meta? The discussion lasted exactly 15 minutes. The interviewer did not interrupt at any point. Notification of passing the initial interview was received after an hour. ”
“The overall process was rigorous and comprehensive, more challenging than many interviews I have done with other large technology companies. However, the recruiter’s guidance was accurate and genuinely helpful, which I really appreciated. The interviewers were professional and respectful, and I felt the process was designed to evaluate both technical depth and practical problem-solving ability. What went well was that the process gave me opportunities to discuss my experience, research background, and approach to problem solving. What did not go as well was that a few questions caught me off guard, especially where I needed to connect fundamentals, implementation details, and communication under time pressure. Even though I was not able to answer every question as well as I wanted, the experience helped me understand which areas I should strengthen further.”
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“The weirdest Anthropic round was the company values interview. It was almost like a therapy session, and honestly if you went to a therapist at some point, you will pass that round much more easily.”
“What was very unusual is they didn’t give me any tooling to draw the system design, so I just sketched it on a piece of paper and talked them through it, then we got into this oddly deep debate about whether hover-over history should count as a recommendation signal.”
