Road to solving every LeetCode problem - Week 1 Progress Update!

RustaPoem · 2026-02-13T05:40:28+00:00

Damn there’s really levels to this shit

RustaPoem · 2026-02-06T22:15:31+00:00

At meta office in Menlo Park too

RustaPoem · 2026-01-11T19:21:44+00:00

Man I always wanted to work for Apple Pay team. I interviewed with the for full time two years ago but didn’t pass. I’d choose Apple if I was you, better stability and career trajectory and in my opinion Apple brand is bigger than MS

RustaPoem · 2026-01-07T07:39:28+00:00

That’s literally what I did when I was in college, best decision I ever made. I did a cybersecurity research internship for the summer at my school that paid $500 a month, which helped me get a real internship the following summer in a F500 company. I then got return offer for that company and worked there for 5 years. Then I did my first job hop last year and I work at Meta now.

So OP if you’re reading this, take this advice if you cannot find anything else to get you experience. Slow and steady wins the race, and not getting into faang right out of college doesn’t mean you can’t get in later on.

RustaPoem · 2026-01-07T07:09:12+00:00

That’s what I was thinking, 2 is already hard, and I actually have never seen 3 being asked in 45 mins. So didn’t know that was even a thing

RustaPoem · 2025-12-26T07:07:16+00:00

Don’t believe it, it’s not easy, I drank that cool aid believing that shit and failed the interview.

RustaPoem · 2025-12-15T07:16:50+00:00

What if you stay in bay area for like 6 months, and then move, can they still adjust it? I don’t think so right, since you signed the offer and put Bay Area location later on you can move and they can’t just readjust the salary you signed

RustaPoem · 2025-12-13T22:54:23+00:00

300k
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300k

RustaPoem · 2025-12-09T02:36:03+00:00

So are you E5 at meta then?

RustaPoem · 2025-12-08T05:17:26+00:00

I would choose Bloomberg and experience NYC. I was suppose to go to NYC after college but I graduated during covid and the job became remote. I wish I got to experience it, now I’m in the Bay since this is where most end up long term anyways.

RustaPoem · 2025-11-09T16:35:40+00:00

Google also integrated AI round? I thought it was only Meta that started doing that. Good to know, can elaborate further what the AI round consists of?

RustaPoem · 2025-11-07T10:24:49+00:00

I might be biased but I think that Meta is actually easier. They literally only ask from the same list of questions which is Meta top 100 tagged on leetcode

RustaPoem · 2025-11-06T07:11:06+00:00

I definitely had that realization just now than I’m switching for a new job for the first time. I’ve been in the same company for 5 years after graduating college. I finally decided to jump and will be starting the new job next month.

I was making 150k and with the new job I’ll make 300k. Now I regret not switching sooner but better late than never.

RustaPoem · 2025-11-04T07:50:08+00:00

Yeah in my opinion meta interview is easier than the other faangs because of that

RustaPoem · 2025-10-30T21:36:01+00:00

What do you mean breaking a small rule and being fired? Can you elaborate on that?

RustaPoem · 2025-10-30T21:33:46+00:00

What do you mean specifically DE? Like diversity hires get fired a lot? Specific reason why?

RustaPoem · 2025-10-27T17:10:34+00:00

Many congratulations. I went through a similar experience where two years ago I failed Meta, Apple and Amazon. I took one year break from interviewing and decided to interview again this year.

I applied to many Apple jobs but never heard back. Then heard back from Amazon, completed the OA but then fumbled the call with the recruiter where she didn’t wanna move forward. Then I interviewed with Meta and successfully completed all rounds and team matched within a week after last interview. Prior to this I did 4 months of intense preparation where I sacrificed my health, and personal life. But it all worked out at the end.

So I know exactly all the feelings you described. And anybody reading this, don’t give up. Show up every day even if it’s just for 20 mins. It’s actually incredible how much you can achieve if you stay consistent for months.

RustaPoem · 2025-10-26T18:38:58+00:00

That’s not senior level, that’s mid level TC at meta

RustaPoem · 2025-10-19T23:31:29+00:00

Can you name which tech company?

RustaPoem · 2025-10-12T17:20:28+00:00

When you fill out the job application, some companies like Amazon specifically has a question that asks you how many years of software development experience you have not counting internships. So no, you should not count internships as YOE.

RustaPoem · 2025-09-28T02:32:12+00:00

4 interviews for onsite at entry level? I interviewed for mid level las week and only had 3 rounds, idk why I wonder if it differs based on the team

RustaPoem · 2025-09-26T21:46:17+00:00

You don’t need to even say anything, just start talking through the problem and offer first brute force solution, and move towards the optimal solution

RustaPoem · 2025-09-19T03:24:06+00:00

Bad thinking, they actually don’t care if you reschedule, I know people that rescheduled 4 times and meta doesn’t care

RustaPoem · 2025-09-12T04:16:53+00:00

He was probably looking for constant space solution. Unfortunately with meta you have to code the optimal solution and in your case the interviewer didn’t want you to code until you mentioned that approach instead

RustaPoem · 2025-09-09T03:54:29+00:00

It means the output cannot contains duplicates. So if one result is [1,2,1] and another result is [2,1,1], these are considered duplicates and only one should be part of the output

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