Initial coding interview over video was very nice.
Then the "loop" interviews were horrible:
1. They allow all interviews to be conducted by video from home. This allows well-qualified and sophisticated candidates to setup cheating with AI and a human assistant. From your home, it is easy to do and impossible to detect. This would give them the edge where there are many qualified candidates for a job. When such a candidate is hired, they do very well, and are not fired for poor performance. Meta does not care that many of their hires may have subtly cheated.
Final interviews should always be conducted in person.
To prove that I am not cheating, I offered to come in person.
2. Interviews started late because they were late to bring me to the office.
3. For the coding interviews, I was given an office without a table and chair. Only a short uncomfortable sofa and a small soft cube with a monitor with the camera. There was no space to put my laptop so it did not obscure the camera (one of the interviews was still remote) , keyboard and mouse. I could not sit properly, had to squat, no place to put your legs comfortably or arms. Basically they test if you can program while doing yoga.
4. For the systems interviews, they asked questions that had no connection with the job requirements, job description, and my resume, and expected good domain knowledge, not just attempts to solve.
5. For the systems interviews, the interviewers spoke with a heavy Chinese accent and I could understand them. Additionally, they interrupted me very often with complaints (which were uncomprehensible because of Chinese accent).
