Product Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California
September 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
I was contacted by the recruiter.
The first round was a basic HR screening test, consisting of 20 questions. Anyone with systems knowledge can solve this easily.
The next round was a coding challenge that lasted 45 minutes. You should clearly understand space and time complexity. Know Big O in and out; don't expect to pass if you don't.
The next round focused on systems.
Questions
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Basic Algorithms.
- Practice on LeetCode.
- Understand different and better approaches for the same code (e.g., O(1) solutions, dynamic programming).
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Log Parsing.
- Learn how to validate IP addresses, dates, and credit card numbers.
- Regular expressions (Regex) are your best friend.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Meta Product Engineer role in Menlo Park, California.
Success Rate
33%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Product Engineer roles in Menlo Park, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Product Engineer interview process in Menlo Park, California.
Meta Work Experiences
2.0
Meta Product Engineer Review
Product Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
July 24, 2025
Pros: Good compensation.
Free food.
Moving fast.
Cons: Moving too fast. You have endless work. You work 80 hours per week but still can't meet their expectations.
5.0
Good pay, OK culture
Product Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
March 10, 2021
Pros: The position is prestigious with family and friends, with great TC and benefits.
Cons: The politics can be pretty intense. It's easy to feel like a cog in the machine.
1.0
An insane year of top-down decisions from out-of-touch SVPs. How is it we make every wrong decision?
Product Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
August 10, 2022
Pros: Benefits and pay are good despite stock price drop. It's a recession and I gotta stay for posterity :(
Coworkers are passionate, smart, and cool.
Immediate managers are easy to get along with and strong.
You work on big things that your friends use.
Cons: - Senior management is composed of literal boomers that don't care about the products that actually matter to people.
- They won't take accountability for dumb decisions they pushed.
- Dumb top-down decisions are extremely reactive to news and market movements, and there's an inability to commit to a plan for more than 4 months (????).
- There is no more room for non-metaverse innovation.
- The company has given up on the real bread-winning products except for the Facebook app, which they only care about for stonks.
- "Move fast and break things" has just resulted in everything being broken.
- You get credit for shipping something, not making it polished. Yay janky product goes brrrrrr onto the next thing.
- 2.0Meta Product Engineer ReviewProduct Engineer • Former EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesJuly 24, 2025Pros: Good compensation. Free food. Moving fast.Cons: Moving too fast. You have endless work. You work 80 hours per week but still can't meet their expectations.
- 5.0Good pay, OK cultureProduct Engineer • Former EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesMarch 10, 2021Pros: The position is prestigious with family and friends, with great TC and benefits.Cons: The politics can be pretty intense. It's easy to feel like a cog in the machine.
- 1.0An insane year of top-down decisions from out-of-touch SVPs. How is it we make every wrong decision?Product Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 10, 2022Pros: Benefits and pay are good despite stock price drop. It's a recession and I gotta stay for posterity :( Coworkers are passionate, smart, and cool. Immediate managers are easy to get along with and strong. You work on big things that your friends use.Cons: - Senior management is composed of literal boomers that don't care about the products that actually matter to people. - They won't take accountability for dumb decisions they pushed. - Dumb top-down decisions are extremely reactive to news and market movements, and there's an inability to commit to a plan for more than 4 months (????). - There is no more room for non-metaverse innovation. - The company has given up on the real bread-winning products except for the Facebook app, which they only care about for stonks. - "Move fast and break things" has just resulted in everything being broken. - You get credit for shipping something, not making it polished. Yay janky product goes brrrrrr onto the next thing.
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