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Meta | E6 | Virtual Interview + Rejection

Behavioral Interview

Questions: Specific question not provided.

Candidate's Approach

The candidate felt well-prepared for the behavioral interview due to mock interviews with former Meta employees, which helped them understand expectations.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Machine Learning System Design

Questions:

  1. Recommendation Problem: Design a system to recommend interesting visiting locations.
  2. Classification Problem: Detect illegal item sales on MarketPlace.
Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Coding Interviews - First Session

Questions:

  1. Merging Intervals Problem: Solve a merging intervals problem where intervals are represented as a linked list, and the output also needs to be a linked list.
  2. Best Fly and Return Days: Find the best fly and return days based on daily prices.
Candidate's Approach
  • The candidate solved the merging intervals problem optimally with some help from the interviewer.
  • The solution for the best fly and return days was suboptimal.
Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Coding Interviews - Second Session

Questions: Specific question not provided.

Candidate's Approach

The candidate performed well on the first question but introduced a small bug in the second question that they couldn't catch.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Overall, the candidate felt strong in the behavioral and system design interviews but struggled with the coding challenges. After a week and a half, they received a rejection email.