Meta - Screening Round (Application Engineer Role)
August 17, 2025 · 37 reads
Summary
Recently completed the Meta Screening round for the Application Engineer role. The 45-minute interview included 25 minutes of Role specialization questions followed by a DSA problem, LeetCode 443: String Compression.
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Hi Everyone, I recently gave the Meta Screening round for the Application Engineer role. It was a 45 mins interview which started with 25 mins of Role specialization questions, followed by the DSA question, Leetcode 443, String Compression.
Interview Questions (1)
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String Compression
Data Structures & Algorithms·Medium
Given an input string, compress it such that consecutive repeating characters are replaced by the character followed by the number of times it repeats. If a character repeats once, it should be shown once. For example, "aaabbc" should be compressed to "a3b2c".