Behavioral

[blissful peak]

Behavioral standard STAR questions?

[frosty abyss]

@hoary cipher what’s tc looking like

[hasty matrix]

Wait theres only 9 offers given out?

[next lark]

Were all coding questions tagged LC?

[coarse sail]

^

[flat zealot]

does meta call to reject btw?

[hoary cipher]

short of 183 (excluding relocation and sign on which is like over 30k for sure)

[hoary cipher]

idk

[hoary cipher]

tell me about a time wen so yes

[astral knoll]

wait so 183 recurring?

[hoary cipher]

yes king

[hoary cipher]

yuppers

[astral knoll]

wait that's insane LMAO

[hoary cipher]

most were variations

[untold basin]

Timeline ?

[hoary cipher]

yes super happy but linkedin which im waiting to hear back from is 210k swe undergrad

9/20 - recruiter reach out
9/26 - OA (all questions done)
10/9 - 10/10 - 3 technical and 1 behavioral for final
10/14 - verbal offer via recruiter call
10/18 - formal written offer (must accept verbally i think)

[astral knoll]

you pick location before receiving the offer letter i'm assuming?

and i saw you say team matching is automatic and happens closer to start date

[hoary cipher]

not sure if i can choose bc location is on app as menlo

so im p sure its locked in

[hasty matrix]

Wait what do you mean "one of first 9 offers"

[hoary cipher]

team matching is auto from last year

[hoary cipher]

literally one of first 9 people to get 2025 ng offers

[merry grotto]

holy goat

how many tech rounds did you have

[tiny granite]

Sorry what does this mean?

[hasty matrix]

Oh I thought u meant 1 of 9 offers LOL

[merry grotto]

how to best prep please tell me

[untold basin]

How long between OA and email for final scheduling ?

[hasty matrix]

I was like no way they only giving out 9 offers

[hoary cipher]

mb team was auto match last year, recruiter said it hasnt been confirmed but likely similar

[hasty matrix]

P sure mans only did top 50 from 30d tagged

hes j goated

[hoary cipher]

i wish

got lots of rejections even from finals before this one

[merry grotto]

How many of your questions were variations?

[hoary cipher]

like 5

[merry grotto]

U has 6 total?

[hoary cipher]

even then the 6th was similar to other probs

backtrack grid search

[merry grotto]

I want mine to be copy paste from tag

did you solve all optimally

[hoary cipher]

yes but one

backtrack got me bc i forgot seen set

just asked how i would debug before we ended and it was chill

[hasty matrix]

I needa be lucky with chill itnerviewers or Im doomed

[low lotus]

Insanely high or low LOL

[hasty matrix]

Its insanely high

thats like 210-220k fy

[low lotus]

👀

[astral knoll]

i feel like they raised the offer from last year / higher than what i see on levels

[low lotus]

hmm

[hasty matrix]

Levels doesnt have rsu or bonus

[merry grotto]

I’m nervous for mine man

[astral knoll]

yeah most people forget to report it

[hasty matrix]

Ill see yall in menlo next year

[merry grotto]

monke how many of yours were tagged and then how many of them were variations? How different are the variations?

[hoary cipher]

variations were similar

[hoary cipher]

it does include it tho basically

[hoary cipher]

wait why

isnt it the same

[merry grotto]

so out of 6 5 were variations were they all from top 100 or top 50 30 day tagged?

[frosty abyss]

Makes sense with base rsu and perf bonus

Is rsu still 150/4?

[astral knoll]

i'm lowkey waffling LMAO so maybe

but def just higher than i expected and higher than levels

[hoary cipher]

126/4

[flat zealot]

do you know if all meta offers are standard, is it worth negotiating?

[hoary cipher]

not sure if its diff

and pretty sure its all standard

[flat zealot]

sad

[hoary cipher]

recruiter said we cant negotiate for some reason

[hoary cipher]

did 50 from 30 day tagged

and all 6 wer something or similar ive seen from neetcode or tagged

[tiny granite]

Auto team match is 😦 wonder if we can push into early match with enough pressure

[frosty abyss]

Nah it’s abt the same

[hasty matrix]

U can maybe reachout to specific managers and have them loop u in internally with recruiter

[frosty abyss]

That’s fucked

They lowered it

Should have been 150

[hoary cipher]

Questions i reccomend
https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal/description//
https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/description/
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/633689/facebook-phonevideo-find-cheese
https://leetcode.com/problems/buildings-with-an-ocean-view/description/
https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-two-sorted-lists/description/

[tiny granite]

You’re so real dawg

[toxic ingot]

@hoary cipher can you talk about what type of behavioral questions were asked ?

[hoary cipher]

tell me about a time when

everything was pretty standard imo

[hasty matrix]

Is merge sorted list in place or nah

[toxic ingot]

So behavioral round was pretty chill ?

And no behavioral questions for coding part right ?

[astral knoll]

on the questions you got optimal immediately, were there no follow ups?

[steel wasp]

hopefully will see youthere 🫡

[frosty abyss]

They still ask I believe

Doesn’t have to be to optimize just if there are changes to the parameters or watever

[tight sparrow]

@hoary cipher did they give u any choice of location

[signal kernel]

@hoary cipher how do you know 9 offers were given out?

[merry grotto]

i’m cooked

[unborn terrace]

@hoary cipher is Nov 17th week Final too late?

really hope they don't reach hc by then

[hasty matrix]

I dont think anyone really knows until we get to that date

but from the looks of it there should be decent amount of hc since they r giving out alot of finals

[hoary cipher]

you could for sure

not sure if it makes diff but berk sucks butt

[hoary cipher]

idk

[unborn terrace]

ik it's not that good lol

way too overcrowded

[hoary cipher]

recruiter literally it verbatim

[hoary cipher]

lol im berk hater thats all (rival school)

[next lark]

you're GOAT

[hoary cipher]

position attached to menlo

[hasty matrix]

Sounds like the other 8 are also from this discord lmfao

There’s been like around 8 who have taken it

[unborn terrace]

@hoary cipher all tagged?

[unborn terrace]

they also laid off recently, so hopefully ng hc is increased a bit

as a byproduct

[tight sparrow]

did u want any other location/what was ur pref

[hoary cipher]

mostly

[hoary cipher]

menlo so didnt bothre

[hoary cipher]

who knows, looks like layoffs was largely outside of eng

[hoary cipher]

ro tho

[polar loom]

lame its been a week since i passed with 4/4 on oa and havent heard back yet

grats on getting in early 🤙

[hoary cipher]

thanks best of luck to you

[low lantern]

What’s ur recruiter initials?

[idle bridge]

congrats!!

[cinder pumice]

@hoary cipher how was the behavioral? Hella followups?

[hoary cipher]

Not a ton mostly tell me about a time when type questions

[shut glade]

2 questions per round? Were you able to complete all of them?

[fickle topaz]

do yk if nyc has availability at all or is everyone being given menlo?

[tiny granite]

according to my recruiter there arent numbers avail but if you have final scheduled soon it's likely you wouldn't be denied

[fickle topaz]

hm what qualifies as "soon"

[tiny granite]

imo anything mid nov and forward has slim chance

[fickle topaz]

damn mine's early nov

[lavish whale]

you didn't have any system design?

did any of ur interviews have 2 interviewers instead of just 1?

idk if it's just speculation but are 2 interview technicals usually system design? lol

[hasty matrix]

Theres 0 sys design for new grad

[lavish whale]

wait deadass

can anyone confirm

[cinder pumice]

confirmed

[sharp tundra]

good shit bro

[flat zealot]

i also got offer and i believe nyc has hc my recruiters trying to switch me rn

[astral knoll]

dm'd :)

[polar mist]

Hey, can I DM?

[idle bridge]

How was your interview experience?

[flat zealot]

pretty chill imo? should be all lc mediums i didnt experience anything crazy

[polar mist]

And all tagged questions?

[signal kernel]

How many days after final did you hear back?

[flat zealot]

7.5 days, not business days

[coarse sail]

All tagged 30 days ?

[flat zealot]

wot does that mean

[hasty matrix]

like lc meta list

[coarse sail]

Did you get leetcode tagged questions ?

[cinder pumice]

Yo @flat zealot check dm

[flat zealot]

ngl i did not do the tagged questions so idk! but they were not too tough

like lc easys and easy medium

[unkempt flicker]

did u get asked those

[unkempt flicker]

do y recommend doing neetcode 150 or the tagged questions the bot returns then?

[hoary cipher]

No sys design

[hoary cipher]

I did meta tagged and neetcode and felt well

[hoary cipher]

Variations

[unkempt flicker]

thanks, so they’re not verbatim for their tagged

[hoary cipher]

Exactly

[unkempt flicker]

changed from previous years

b4 they were apparently verbatim

same test cases and everything too

[crude aspen]

is the final onsite or virtual?

[unkempt flicker]

virtual

[crude aspen]

I just got the final interview dates: dec 2 and 6th for menlo park. What's all this worrying about HC? Is this something that has happened in the past? I'm not sure if I can get it expedited anyways.

[polar mist]

Damn! And I was worrying about my interview date

[crude aspen]

Oh god, when's yours?

[polar mist]

Nov 1st week. Not saying that you scheduled late tho

[crude aspen]

Best of luck for yours. I put my availability starting nov5 but I guess they just didnt have anything till dec which is crazy. if HC really is an issue do you think theyll communicate it with me?

[polar mist]

Good luck to you too. Tbh, I'm not sure how filling up hc works here and if the recruiters communicate about it to you

I do know that in recent years, people were stuck in the team matching phase for quite some time, and some folks couldn't be placed in a team

[crude aspen]

Do you get offer before team match or after do you know?

[hasty matrix]

You get the offer before team match

[next lark]

@hoary cipher when will be the starting date for the position?

[hoary cipher]

Flexible

[next lark]

Could be February or March?

[astral knoll]

@hoary cipher did you ask to expedite before or after your final

[hoary cipher]

ahh not sure, i pushed back thats all i know

[hoary cipher]

yes

[astral knoll]

what LMAO

[polar loom]

yes to what

before or after

[next lark]

Thanks

[cinder pumice]

yes

[hoary cipher]

before final sorry lol

[flat zealot]

if yall are curious, just got my nyc offer

they said headcount is v low and is expected to run out in 1 month

and u dont get to pick ur vertical or ur team before signing

[astral knoll]

wym by that. there's no team matching for nyc? just random?

[flat zealot]

nahh there is, but u dont get to pick before signing

[astral knoll]

i think same for all locations

[flat zealot]

i think it wasnt like that last year right?

[astral knoll]

yeah last year youd team match right after getting offer

this year they changed it to like you just fill out a form with your preferences before your start date

[flat zealot]

yea i think for nyc specifically u need to pass a background check before u get offer letter too

its weird this year

[astral knoll]

a month is more than i expected tho

good news lowkey LMAO

[flat zealot]

yuhh

that was just his estimate thought!

though*

[astral knoll]

recruiter initials?

[flat zealot]

DC

[idle bridge]

Did you have Asian interviewers? Lowkey worried about getting hit by hards cuz all my rounds have asians

[flat zealot]

LMAO wot

[lofty sundial]

😭

[flat zealot]

idt that is how they pick interview questions fr!

but i did LMAO

[lofty sundial]

wait abc

can u check dm

[idle bridge]

cool cool cool cool, that means it's RNG then

just gonna keep grinding then and see how it goes

[unkempt flicker]

for nyc or all places

[flat zealot]

nyc

[unkempt flicker]

ok as long as they don’t run out of hc for all offices lol

[flat zealot]

i rlly doubt that will happen!

[unkempt flicker]

hope so lol

[signal kernel]

When did you do final?

[flat zealot]

last last thursday

but i got offer last thursday

and got in nyc "waitlist" on friday and got off today

[signal kernel]

did you get tagged q?

[flat zealot]

i think variations from what ppl are saying

[cinder pumice]

Expedited?