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Android Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

October 10, 2015

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied on Facebook's site. Contacted by email from a recruiter. Skype screening with the recruiter (about myself, past experiences, etc.). Skype technical interview with the recruiter (10 close-answer questions about Android). Required 8/10 to pass the next step. Skype code interview with a Facebook engineer at Menlo Park (questions about Android and an algorithm code exercise). A second Skype code interview with a different Facebook engineer at Menlo Park (questions about Android and an algorithm code exercise).

Questions

About Android:

What is a weak reference?
Tell me about your past or current Android project architecture.

Code interview:

Resolve a problem with an algorithm.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Meta Android Software Engineer role in Menlo Park, California.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Android Software Engineer roles in Menlo Park, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral33%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Android Software Engineer interview process in Menlo Park, California.

Meta Work Experiences

Challenging Scale, Smart Colleagues

Android Software Engineer • Current Employee

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Pros: Huge scale. Challenging problems. Great people.

Cons: Imposter syndrome (everyone around me is too smart). Always more work than engineers. Requires ruthless prioritizing and boundaries.

Challenging Scale, Smart Colleagues

Android Software Engineer • Current Employee

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Pros: Huge scale. Challenging problems. Great people.

Cons: Imposter syndrome (everyone around me is too smart). Always more work than engineers. Requires ruthless prioritizing and boundaries.

Rewarding Work, Demanding Hours

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Working with great people, a lot to learn, and great benefits.

Cons: A lot of work. Seeing commits coming late at night or during weekends/holidays is something you should be ready for on a regular basis if you want to pass your performance review.

Rewarding Work, Demanding Hours

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Working with great people, a lot to learn, and great benefits.

Cons: A lot of work. Seeing commits coming late at night or during weekends/holidays is something you should be ready for on a regular basis if you want to pass your performance review.

Great place to work

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 20, 2021

Pros: Fast pace, nice co-workers, and a lot of opportunities.

Cons: Limited growth space for data engineers.

Great place to work

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 20, 2021

Pros: Fast pace, nice co-workers, and a lot of opportunities.

Cons: Limited growth space for data engineers.

Challenging Scale, Smart Colleagues

Android Software Engineer • Current Employee

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Pros: Huge scale. Challenging problems. Great people.

Cons: Imposter syndrome (everyone around me is too smart). Always more work than engineers. Requires ruthless prioritizing and boundaries.

5.0
Challenging Scale, Smart Colleagues
Android Software Engineer • Current Employee
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
April 27, 2021
Pros: Huge scale. Challenging problems. Great people.
Cons: Imposter syndrome (everyone around me is too smart). Always more work than engineers. Requires ruthless prioritizing and boundaries.

Rewarding Work, Demanding Hours

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Working with great people, a lot to learn, and great benefits.

Cons: A lot of work. Seeing commits coming late at night or during weekends/holidays is something you should be ready for on a regular basis if you want to pass your performance review.

5.0
Rewarding Work, Demanding Hours
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
June 1, 2023
Pros: Working with great people, a lot to learn, and great benefits.
Cons: A lot of work. Seeing commits coming late at night or during weekends/holidays is something you should be ready for on a regular basis if you want to pass your performance review.

Great place to work

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 20, 2021

Pros: Fast pace, nice co-workers, and a lot of opportunities.

Cons: Limited growth space for data engineers.

5.0
Great place to work
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
January 20, 2021
Pros: Fast pace, nice co-workers, and a lot of opportunities.
Cons: Limited growth space for data engineers.

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Given a string with parentheses, determine the minimum number of parentheses you must remove to make the string valid. A valid string has balanced and properly nested parentheses.

StringsStacksTwo Pointers

Valid Word Abbreviation

Determine if a given abbreviation is valid for a given word. An abbreviation can contain digits representing the number of skipped characters.

StringsTwo Pointers

Binary Tree Vertical Order Traversal

Traverse a binary tree and return a list of node values for each vertical line, ordered from left to right. Nodes on the same vertical line should be ordered from top to bottom.

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