Meta interview notes, page 179 of 238

“This is the kind of question where you can talk for 20 minutes and still feel like you barely scratched the surface.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Meta, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is a lot to fit into one session.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Meta, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight into features and kind of forgot I was supposed to be designing this inside Facebook specifically, not just a generic Yelp clone.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Meta, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was the whole interview basically.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Meta, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in every direction.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Meta, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with objectives which felt right, but I spent way too long debating engagement signals versus satisfaction signals before actually getting to any architecture.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Meta, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is basically two questions stitched together and I didn't pace myself well.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Meta, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to listing features and the interviewer kind of just waited for me to finish before asking 'but who are you designing this for?' which, yeah, fair point.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Meta, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew it was BFS the second I read it, which almost made it worse because I got overconfident and skipped thinking through edge cases.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Meta, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew this type of question was coming and still managed to fumble the structure.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Meta, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.