The FB recruiters were very on-the-ball and determined to get me to campus. They worked with me every step of the way, flew me out, put me up in a nice hotel, and helped me know what to expect in the interviews.

The process consisted of four interviews, broken up by lunch:

• Two "ninja" interviews (coding)
• One "jedi" interview (personality and values)
• One systems design interview (whose cool name I forgot)

The questions were tough, but fair. They definitely have a preference for code questions that combine data structures and creative thinking.

My only complaint about the process was that they spent a little too much time prior to starting the coding question asking me about my OS knowledge (I interviewed for a mobile job), and that left me pressed for time (sometimes) on the actual whiteboard coding.

Design a web site sharing application, from the base at the phone level to the status of everything in the cloud.