A recruiter contacted me in November, but I was busy and got back to her in mid-February with an updated resume. The recruiter then notified me that they would like to move forward.

The process is simple: at first, there will be a technical interview for 45 minutes. If you ace that, then there will be another technical interview for 45 minutes. At this point, if they are unsure, they sometimes conduct another technical interview.

For me, it was two interviews (both phone). They were very technical, requiring me to write code in CoderPad. In both interviews, I was asked two questions each (I cannot discuss the questions here as I have signed an NDA).

Both of my interviewers were very friendly; I felt like I was chatting with friends and discussing tricky problems. It was a very nice experience. I also think, in addition to your solution, they also care about:

• Your communication skills (interacting with the interviewer).
• Your approach and thought process, i.e., how you arrived at the solution.
• The cleanliness and quality of your written code.

Finally, as I am a PhD student, they had to match me with a specific team. So I had an additional team/host matching interview. It was less of an interview and more of a chat about possible projects in the team that might suit my expertise, skills, and interests. The host was very nice and friendly.

The recruiter was very fast and professional, as I expect from a company like Facebook. Although it was March (late for hiring summer interns), the whole process completed within a month!

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