I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Sep 2020
Interview
Got the interview invitation via internal referral. It took around a month after my friend did the referral.
Failed at the 2nd round due to lack of preparation. Both rounds were done online due to covid, and HR emailed me the links for confirmation of availability.
Both interviewers were nice and professional and the interview process was smooth. Will try again at some point in the future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to design an online e-commerce shop.
The difference between SQL and NoSQL, cons and pros for each if used in the design.
Describe how to design an Uber app (core components and how they are supposed to work together).
Pleasant and quick! The questions focused mainly on XFN coordination and I needed to be able to talk about my past projects in details, and what went wrong. Be prepared to talk a lot about your communication, how you'd tailor it to different groups, etc.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta in Aug 2025
Interview
30 min HR Screen phone call followed by a 45 hiring manager virtual zoom interview and then finally a full loop which consisted of 5 45 minute virtual zoom interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All interviewers asked “tell me about a time” questions and “why meta?”
You feel like a number because no one in the interview process remembers anything about you. 3 recruiters interacted with me and none of them stayed with the org, just passed me to the next person in a 3 week span.
