Software Engineer · Phone Screen · Coding

Meta — Software Engineer

Level: Senior-Level

Round: Phone Screen · Type: Coding · Difficulty: 7/10 · Duration: 60 min · Interviewer: Neutral

Topics: Algorithms

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Interview date: 2026-01-15

Summary

Interview Rounds Overview

• Round 1: Coding

Details

For the 1st coding question, it's similar to leetcode 117

For the 2nd coding question, it's similar to leetcode 1249 and the follow-ups. The follow-up question was that the parentheses were not limited to '()', but also included '[]', '{}', etc. The requirement was to remove the minimum number of invalid pairs and return the string. For example, '([{ab)' should return '(ab)'.

LeetCode similar: LeetCode 117, LeetCode 1249