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Back After a 3-Year Break, Coding Prep Down to Under 25%

MetaSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Onsite · Jan 2026

I have 15+ years of experience in infra and distributed systems, and this was the first time in over 3 years that I sat through interviews. How did you prepare? What worked and what didn't? LeetCode covered coding, an online system design course covered system design, and for the behavioral rounds I kept a journal of my stories written out in STAR format. I knew I was a rusty coder, so when I sta…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jan 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.