Android Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
A recruiter at Facebook saw my LinkedIn profile and contacted me by e-mail. We arranged to talk on the phone the next day.
I thought we were simply going to discuss my background and interests, which we did, for her to pass on to hiring managers for consideration. However, I wasn't prepared for her to pull up a technical quiz, which she conducted over the phone.
She read out 8 multiple-choice questions on Android and recorded my responses. These were not problem-solving questions, but static detail knowledge about Android that I would normally look up instead of knowing off the top of my head. I only got 4 of 8 correct, and it wasn't enough to move forward.
She said if I had advanced to the technical interview, it would have included similar questions but in greater depth.
Questions
Questions about the type of process a service runs in, what parameters to use in a layout for a particular situation, and details about interfacing with a notification.
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Meta's interview process for their Android Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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