Meta interview notes, page 198 of 238

“I started with the obvious stuff (is this a logging issue, is it one region, one platform) and that part went fine.” 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 knew this one but rambled a bit trying to cover everything at once.” 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.

“This thing started innocuous enough.” 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 went with healthcare because it felt defensible given the data angle, but in hindsight I think I leaned too hard on the 'Meta has data' argument without really stress-testing whether users would actually trust Facebook with health info.” 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 vertical order traversal cold but the weighting part tripped me up for a bit.” 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 went with the 1M reels side and framed it around creator ecosystem health.” 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 had a story ready but it felt thin once I started telling it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Meta, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was plain BFS and I started coding it before really thinking.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Meta, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew BFS would work here but I fumbled the transition logic at first.” 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 went straight to BFS because keeping track of the last (or first) node per level felt clean and obvious.” 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.