Meta/Facebook (New Grad) Menlo Park | Phone Screen

Recruiter contacted me. Phone screen was on Monday, March 14. Two questions in 45 minutes.

  1. https://leetcode.com/problems/random-pick-with-weight
  2. https://leetcode.com/problems/making-a-large-island/

I had done both before (multiple times), and came up with the optimal approaches for both (& explained my approach through comments). But I didn't completely code the 2nd one as I was interrupted by the interviewer due to the time limit. On Wednesday, I received a rejection email.

I think completing the code is extremely important (more than explaining the approach). I should have started coding earlier for the second one to complete on time (instead of waiting for the interviewer's signal to code it up).

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