I'm purple on Codeforces (rating 1900+) and consistently rank top 1-3% (2100 rating) on Leetcode contest. I was asked two questions in a recent Meta interview, one LC verbatim, and the second is a slight modification of a very popular question (but the solution is totally different). I tried my code and they were both accepted on LC, just that my code is more complicated, bc I haven't seen them before. This is for E5 interview. Then I was rejected, and don't understand why. I only failed phone interview like once before, and I had taken more than 10 phone screens. What should I do to tell the recruiter this is total bs. I also noticed that I usually fail more often when the interviewer is Asian American (onsites). Even though this is just anecdotal, it's hard no to notice when everytime I got dinged for bullshit reasons, it is always with an AA interviewer. I went to high school in the US. Do AA tend to fail Asian immigrants more often?
Maybe they just didn’t like you brah
You should tell them to recuse themselves from interviewing you.
good luck with that strategy. they will tell you to recuse yourself from interview.
How many onsites have you had, how many of those were “AA” and how many did you fail? Subset Failure/Success along AA/non-AA lines please.
I had 5 onsites, and 2 offers so far. The two I failed, I didn't perform well, but the ones that I did well (solved a hard in like 10 minutes), the interviewer was cool the whole time, then I failed, and recruiter said I didn't do well on that round with the AA interviewer. The reason seems subjective, such as duplicate code, not knowing my programming language well lmao.
Wait, so you have *1* data point for your AA-are-shit-interviewers agenda? Or if I understood wrong, at most 2?
To start, the interview process isn't about getting the correct answer on a test. There's the conversation factor that is also important. I've had candidates who were good technically but got vetoed by HR because of their English skills.
I mean my English is fine. I went to highschool and undergrad in the US. I may have a slight accent but I'd say around 80% natural.
Conversation and talking to interviewer is most important part. Also you mention your solution is complex. Please remember you are showing the interviewer that you would be a good person to have on their team. If you are silent and regurgitate leetcode, that’s bad signal.
Meta has a “no to googler” quota… it’s a way to boost company morale. It’s like a streamlined version of Amazon’s pip quota. You get to humiliate and mock without paying someone a dime to waste their time.
I’m Asian American (born and raised in US) and speak with a slight accent. I noticed that I usually fail interviews when I’m interviewed by a foreign born Asian.
Asians are racist to other Asians, common knowledge
I feel Asians are more harsh if you're the same race. I had one asian interviewer from Google who introduced himself as someone who came to US at age 12 (which is weird but thought nothing of it). He then proceeded to say really rude things like "you work at firm X and that's perfectly fine for someone of your calibur". I complained to HR but doubt it did much.
That's bad!!!
Dude you at Google, why trying to go to a worse company?
Sounds like you've already made up your mind, so why are you asking?