Don’t DM, ask here

[lilac ether]

Don’t dm ask here

[balmy vessel]

Congratulations and Timeline

Team, location

[fallow cradle]

TC, marital status

[tardy mantle]

when did you apply?

[lilac ether]

12/20 - recruiter reach out
12/23 - OA completed
12/26 - Interview Email
1/22 - Virtual Onsite
2/2 - Team Match Email
2/28 - Team Matched
3/6 - Offer

[lilac ether]

FB Groups, Menlo Park

[lilac ether]

Same as other Meta NG, Single

[lilac ether]

The day or two after application opened so sometime early November

[upbeat nymph]

a week and a half for team match email damn

how many rounds did you do?

[lilac ether]

I got team matched but then there was a delay in the call system and my recruiter took off 3/2-3/5

[lilac ether]

Just the two coding and one behavioral

[upbeat nymph]

no i mean from final interview to team match confirmation

[lilac ether]

Oh yeah that took a really long time, was really stressful

[upbeat nymph]

lmaoo

do yk anything abt headcount stats rn

[balmy vessel]

Is the tc same regardless of location ?

[lilac ether]

No idea

[lilac ether]

Yeah I think so

[willow lantern]

Congrats

[trail jungle]

@lilac ether ur experience? Intl ?

[jaunty flicker]

It’s not

NYC same as Bay Area

Seattle Bellevue lower base

[balmy vessel]

I heard seattle is 138 base

[jaunty flicker]

Exact number depends on education level and org I believe

But my base was not that high for mpk

[lilac ether]

Fortune 500 non tech company, 1xFAANG, not international

[balmy vessel]

they dont negotiate right ?

[lilac ether]

2/4 tagged

[balmy vessel]

Med or hards

[lilac ether]

1 easy 2 medium 1 hard

[balmy vessel]

bro, how can we do hard in 15-20 mins 💀

[tawdry lagoon]

From my exp, they simplify it by asking us to assume that some function exists for some elaborative code, making it easier for you to solve the question overall

Asking a lot of clarifying questions can help you break down the problem easily and create an algorithm that works

That is why we have follow ups cuz they then discuss what would happen “if” this was the input and how would you tackle it etc

But yeah sometimes it’s just bad luck and we get an interviewer that isn’t helping/discussing/ or want us to succeed tbh

[lilac ether]

Just understand the problem and take your time to brainstorm for potentially 5+ min. Once you came up with a good solution in your head, it only takes 5-10 min to write code. Realistically the solutions for their questions are only like 20-30 lines of code, potentially a lot less, so having a good idea of what your solution looks like can help you write it faster

[upbeat nymph]

same lol

[balmy vessel]

Thank you

[tough thunder]

r u quiet during the 5+ min brainstorm or r u speaking?

[upbeat nymph]

imagine the brainstorming is like the first part of a neetcode video

[tough thunder]

so i should be talking ?

and just throw ideas out?

[lilac ether]

No speak out your ideas, talk about how you would solve the problem manually and then how you would implement the code

[lilac ether]

this

[balmy vessel]

Any questions like why meta etc etc in coding round or they get straight to coding

[foggy crypt]

start date?

[lilac ether]

Straight into coding

[lilac ether]

4/8

[tough thunder]

do they give relocation assistance?

[willow lantern]

Yes. cause meta offer is: 137k base, 18k sign on, 150k/4 years stock, 10% target bonus

17.5k reloc, 12k E3 refresher, 2k wellness benefit, up to 11.5k 401k match,

Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and ammenities in office, free transporation (ex metrocard)

no cliff of stock, larger refreshers with perf multiplier

[tough thunder]

wat abt like a moving company thing

cuz ik netflix provides like a moving truck to help u

[willow lantern]

Just rent one?

[tough thunder]

true

was jw

[jaunty flicker]

fwiw the 17.5k relocation stipend can’t be taken in cash completely

only some parts can

[tough thunder]

how does it get paid out then

[jaunty flicker]

once u get offer ull get a document from ur recruiter

it’s a lil complicated

one of the options is to use their relocation provider and they move everything for u

or u can take 5k cash and do it itself

[naive bolt]

may grad?

[lilac ether]

Yeah I just got the document and dk how to break it down v confusing

[unreal silo]

Ahat happens to the other 12.5k

[balmy vessel]

Puff. Gone in thin air

Jk idk

[errant schooner]

How well did you solve the questions in on-site?

[lilac ether]

I was able to solve all of them

[runic drift]

did u negotiate?

I am currently trying to but idk if they do

[lilac ether]

They said no negotiations

[runic drift]

did u accept

did u have menlo park

[lilac ether]

Yes I accepted for Menlo Park

[balmy vessel]

hye, when did you have your final ?

[runic drift]

about 2 months ago

[runic drift]

Oh okay congrats

[balmy vessel]

Damn. When did you have team match round

[proud sky]

@lilac ether did you have a system design round?