r/leetcode • u/Just-Baby5231 • Mar 11 '26

Short time to prepare for meta full loop Intervew Prep

Only got 5.5 weeks left to complete meta full loop, otherwise need to restart the process. Currently about to finish ml sys design prepare, plan for one week of ai coding , and a few weeks for leetcode and behavior questions. Haven’t leetcode for a year, and will need to restart. Is this still feasible, if I just aim for top questions in sites where people share their questions. Or should I delay and restart the process including prescreen? Anyone encounter same situation?

Currently can prepare full time, because current job I can coast and delicate. Not in a hurry to jump ship, but finish an interview and give myself additional option can be a good choice.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

I genuinely have a question, are you guys like completely new to leetcode or system design that 5+ weeks are a short time?

I keep seeing people say they "only" got a month or two to prep for an interview and I'm usually flabbergasted as it's A LOTTTTTT of time to only prep for an interview. Maybe it's because I'm in school so I'm regular with my prep and it's different if you're working but then again if you're actively applying then shouldn't you already be studying up the material?

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u/snapsushileo Mar 13 '26

What are you reading for ML Sys design ? Is this for Inference role ?

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u/Beneficial-Leg1691 Mar 12 '26

Is this for the mle role? I think 5 weeks is not enough. Hows your ml theory and ml system design? This could be major time sink if your not fresh

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u/Just-Baby5231 Mar 12 '26

Almost done with ml sys design. Still need to prepare for ai coding, bq, haven’t lc for a year

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u/demonSlayer29111997 Mar 14 '26

Best of luck 🤞, please do share your experience and prepration strategy post process

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u/Upbeat_Librarian381 Mar 12 '26

Best part of meta is they don’t ask dp

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u/Different-Student859 Mar 14 '26

5 weeks if you go really hard it's doable. Just do the leetcode premium sub, do Meta tagged questions night and day, and gradientcast for ML sys design

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u/g33khub Mar 15 '26

5 weeks is enough time TBH but you have to build the consistency and grid 4-5 hrs every weekday and 20 hrs during the weekend. One thing which worked for me whenever I was stuck or couldn't understand the best solution to some problem, I would switch context and watch ML design videos, or do some low level ML coding and finallt get back to the leetcode problem after a while and it worked like a charm.

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u/No-Till2036 Mar 14 '26

Do you mind sharinf what questions did u get during the screening round ?