Just giving back to the community. YOE: this is tricky to answer. I am not a generalist and I have a unique hardware background and skill set. In the industry my YOE is 10+, as engineer/adjacent I have 4. Hired at E5 (Edit: interviewed for E5) Screen: Both tagged. Medium. Needed hints with one question, didn’t have time to do dry run on second question but did finish both. Onsite Code 1: One tagged. One not. Both medium. Needed heavy hints for one of the questions. Finished both with dry run. Code 2: One tagged. One not. Both medium. Finished very quickly no hints. Had small thing I forgot but not a big deal. System Design (Product): From common list of designs. Even though it was product, it was the same kind of sysdes that’s online. No extra focus on api or anything. Didn’t do BOE calculations. System Design (My field): Did really well, talked a lot. Lead the convo. Technical Showcase: I am not a generalist. I had to present a project from my past work. Did exceptionally well imo. Behavioural: Typical questions. I’m great at this kind of interviews, so was good. Came prepared with stories for each of common questions. I signed an NDA and will not elaborate on specific questions asked. Also won’t elaborate on my field/specialty as I don’t want to dox myself. Timeline: 3months from start to finish. Offer: $$$ don’t have numbers yet. Current TC: 150 #meta #metaonsite
Congratulations 🍾 How long did it take for you to prepare?
Thanks! 1 month for screen. 1 month for onsite.
Wow. That is great. Pretty fast preparing. Can I DM you for advice?
What does tagged mean?
They are tagged as meta/facebook on leetcode
OP, when you say: "Code 1: One tagged. One not. Both medium. Needed heavy hints ... Code 2: One tagged. One not. Both medium. Finished very quickly ..." Did you get 2x2 = 4 coding rounds onsite? Or just 2 (so copy-paste error in the post?)
Congratulations!!
Thank you! Can wait to join you guys!
Were you interviewing for E6?
No, E5
E5 interview I usually only 1 system design isn’t it?
Congrats! How did you prepare for coding rounds? Only Leetcode tagged questions? Did questions mentioned on Meta Career preparation help?
Only LC. I don’t recommend the meta career ones. It’s not that those questions are bad, it’s just that having LC show you editorials and other people’s solution is the most important thing to learn. I did pretty much only meta tagged <6months questions. Think I did 100 altogether give or take.
In my phone screening, one of the questions was from meta career practice questions. Have you checked whether the question was from all years questions on LC but was not in 6 months? I’m waiting for my full loop in upcoming weeks. Hence looking for probabilities and suggestions.
Were you interviewing for an embedded position?
Sorry, won’t answer questions regarding my field or future team/org.
Congratulations! Was your interview intended for E5 or E6 and what is your location?
Thank you! Interviewed for E5. Sorry but won’t say location. Not Asia/India.
I am interviewing as well with Meta and I did well in screening interview. But I am not confident I will pass the on-site.
You are not finished yet, so I don’t think you can say 3 months start to finish. Edit: it took me 2 months from passing onsite to signing offer
Sure, I need the paper offer. But 3 months till full hire approval (including team).
What do you mean by full hire approval including team?
Congratulations 🎉🎉👏 Well done May I DM you please?
Sure!
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