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That’s because the FB process explicitly optimizes for speed. I recently finished a loop where I solved 2 problems optimally in 2 interviews and 1 in the last o
by sadamznintern 8y ago
That’s because the FB process explicitly optimizes for speed. I recently finished a loop where I solved 2 problems optimally in 2 interviews and 1 in the last one and I was rejected.
The speed required makes me skeptical many people can solve these problems in the required time without luck of having seen similar problems before.
- UncleMeat 8y agoDid they tell you this? I feel like a lot of candidates think they nailed it when really they missed important things. I'm not sure I've ever had a candidate solve my question fully and optimally. This of course is nowhere near necessary to get a good score but I think that thinking "yep this is as good as it gets" is a common error. The hire rate is also super low at the majors so it could have also been noise.
- sadamznintern 8y agoAre you at FB? One of them did tell me this after his round (said we got further than he thought we would), the other one explicitly said my solution was optimal and what he was looking for. The 2 questions per interview "rule" is an open secret now among people that have interviewed there. I've never heard of someone who only answered 1 per round get a follow up or an offer. *Also, they generally don't move onto a second question if they don't think the first one was good enough.