Hi all, I have a question, i have interviewed with Facebook for an internship before, but I failed so I have a question, how can you all solve 2 qs in just 35 mins, I was never able to that, even if i solved both of them, I wouldn't have time to test my code for the second problem. Would really appreciate helpful tips! I was following the advice just practice more, but it is not working out for me:((( #facebookinterview #interviews #swe #engineering
it is usually one easy and one medium. easy can be done in 10 min and 30 min for medium. it is doable.
Facebook game me two mediums, and 1med, 1hard, for my two technical rounds
Some will not like this BUT Unfortunately, nowadays interviewers implicitly expect you to have memorized a ton of problems. The people interviewing you, by a vast vast majority, have memorized a ton of LC problems and that's how they got their Faang roles in the first place (after grinding for a long time). Then, they act like they didn't but implicitly expect you to go through the same process. The days where you were evaluated based on your ability to think through a problem that you haven't seen before are long gone, those old school interviewers were great but are the minority nowadays and it is impossible to match with this type in all interview rounds. So, the answer is your should grind LC, work through as many problems as you can (hundreds), don't memorize without understanding of course, learn the patterns and familiarize yourself with as many problems as you can, and last but not least, do not believe those who say they didn't grind LC. They are either lying, or they have interviewed 10+ years ago when LC culture wasn't what it is nowadays, or are a very tiny minority. You should ignore them in all 3 cases. After you grind LC, pray to God, and never give up. Keep trying and grinding, this is a long term play Ps: I am not at Meta anymore but this applies to all Faang companies and others
How did you get into Google without being good at Leetcode?
Now it’s 3 mediums in 35 minutes
Bruhh what
Pff rookie i can memorize 5 in 40. I spit solutions like an a nerdy eminem
memorize the patterns
Use Python or Golang. This is why I actually mastered Python though I am strong in Java. Definitely saves you significant time in interview coding. Both Python and Go are as good as pseudo code.
Stop the clock, freeze the world around you 🫠
+1 to what Meta said above: practice practice practice. I am thankful most of their questions can be studied so you don’t always have to solve 2 genuinely medium qs you’ve never seen before in 35mins. Do spaced repetition and don’t stress over the timeline: sometimes the issue isn’t that you can’t do it but it’s you can’t do it **in the time you want**. Why try and study for Meta in 3 months when you can give yourself 6 months at a better pace? See where I am going with this? Good luck!
Grind like you will be deported back to Dhaka
I don't believe they would expect that, unless you're so unlucky to get a super star coder as one of the competing candidates. Some are even capable of getting 3 done in 30 mins