u/Mindrust wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
As a former meta engineer, do you have any tips in terms of how of preparation strategy? Currently I have scheduled some pramp mock interviews to get used to talking out loud about problems and having to solve them under time constraints, as well as reviewing problems in the are
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Talking out loud and whiteboarding-style prep are two big ones to practice, that is very different from crushing through LC problems in your room alone.
This is very bias and not meant to be an ad at all, but I highly recommend following a "problem solving process" rather than just trying to solve a problem based on ones you've seen before. This is the one I helped create: [https://formation.dev/blog/the-engineering-method/](https://formation.dev/blog/the-engineering-method/) <- I'm commenting here as an individual and not on behalf of my company
There's always a chance you'll get a new problem and you don't want to fail the interview because you spent 6 months memorizing a list. Not only that Meta doesn't want those people, they want people who can solve problems. The same approach works with Google interviews as well.
Finally, SD and the technical behavioral round are also important and have their own strategies too, but one step at a time.