Meta - Software Engineer Screening Interview - US
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Two questions were asked in 45 minutes.

  1. 408. Valid Word Abbreviation
  2. 314. Binary Tree Vertical Order Traversal

Was not able to complete 2nd question. Not expecting a positive response based on people's posts about their interview experience.
Few things I realized giving this screening for the 2nd time in one year.

  • Autocomplete settings in coderpad are off, so be in practice of remembering the syntax. You should be good if you write code frequently
  • Interviewer does not expect you to talk while you are writing your code, that saves you time and focus on completing the code quickly
  • At the end of a question, they just ask you to walk through your code with a given input example and expected outcome
  • Fix code at this time if you can spot any bugs yourself

Very important point is that you write the first version of your code as fast as possible because interviewer will need some time to understand and point out bugs if they find.

All the best!

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