Meta E5 Phone Screen Interview
- Posted
- 3 May 2025
Summary
I recently went through a phone screen for Meta, which included behavioral questions and two coding challenges: one on stack operations for directory changes and another on string modification to form a palindrome.
How it went
Sharing My Meta Phone Screen Experience with the Community I recently went through a phone screen for Meta and wanted to share my experience:
Behavioral Questions: The interview started with a 20-minute discussion focused on behavioral questions. Coding 1: I was asked to work with stack operations, specifically handling cwd (current working directory) and cd (change directory). You can practice similar problems on LeetCode's https://leetcode.com/problems/simplify-path/ Coding 2: The final problem involved modifying a string to create a palindrome by deleting just one character. A similar problem on LeetCode is "Can Make Palindrome from Substring" or "Minimum Insertion Steps to Make a String Palindrome". https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-palindrome-ii/description/
Hope this helps others preparing for their interviews!
Questions asked (2)
- 01
Simplify Path / Current Working Directory Operations
Data Structures & Algorithms
Open the problemI was asked to work with stack operations, specifically handling cwd (current working directory) and cd (change directory). You can practice similar problems on LeetCode's https://leetcode.com/problems/simplify-path/
- 02
Valid Palindrome II / Palindrome by Deleting One Character
Data Structures & Algorithms
Open the problemThe final problem involved modifying a string to create a palindrome by deleting just one character. A similar problem on LeetCode is "Can Make Palindrome from Substring" or "Minimum Insertion Steps to Make a String Palindrome". https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-palindrome-ii/description/