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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

March 1, 2013
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Process

  1. Calculate the square root of a double.

  2. Given n intervals [si, fi], find the maximum number of overlapping intervals.

  3. Print all the paths from the root to every leaf in a binary tree.

  4. Print the sum of all numbers at every vertical level in a binary tree.

  5. Given a set of n jobs with [start time, end time, cost], find a subset so that no two jobs overlap and the cost is maximum.

  6. Given 1 trillion messages on Facebook, and each message has at most 10 words, how do you build the index table and how many machines do you need on the cluster to store the index table?

Questions

Given a set of n jobs with [start time, end time, cost], find a subset so that no two jobs overlap and the cost is maximum.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 359 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in Menlo Park, California.

Success Rate

28%
Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Menlo Park, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive69%
Neutral18%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in Menlo Park, California.

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