u/Excuse_Odd wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I just passed my meta interviews and I certainly feel like if I didn’t memorise all the common problems I would have failed. Not real sure what you’re talking about lmao.
u/michaelnovati replied ·
'm speaking to overall patterns, trends, and intentions, as someone who did 400+ interviews at Meta, trained interviewers and contributed to developing new interviews - like Product Architecture. I can definitely state that the goal of the interviews is not to see how much LC a person can memorize and spit out under pressure.
If I was doing a Meta interview I would absolutely be practicing common problems and patterns, my point is HOW you practice and not WHAT you practice. If you are doing LeetCode and just getting the submissions to pass, you aren't doing it right for example. If you spend months and months doing things inefficiently you might still pass! But you could have had a much easier time about it and maybe even performed better to get better team matching or negotiation.