Production Engineer Intern Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
There are two rounds.
The first round is a regular LeetCode-style technical interview with two questions (easy/medium).
The final round is the PE round, which tests your knowledge of OS Linux stuff.
Questions
You are given a file containing words. You have to open the file and write a function to return the k most frequent words in that file. Learn how to open a file.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Meta Production Engineer Intern role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Production Engineer Intern roles in New York, New York is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Production Engineer Intern interview process in New York, New York.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Amazing Office, Tough DeadlinesProduction Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 8, 2023Pros: The benefits are fantastic, and the office is amazing.Cons: Deadlines can sometimes be tough, especially when navigating an extremely large codebase.
- 5.0Talented Colleagues, Tech Debt RiskProduction Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 30, 2022Pros: The people that work at Meta are super talented and super fun to be around.Cons: It's a gamble whether or not you're on a team with lots of technical debt. Newer teams seem more likely to have tech debt. Sometimes the internal tools are a bit jank.
- 3.0It was fun but weird to get used toProduction Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeBellevue, Washington, United StatesAugust 15, 2025Pros: Once you get ramped up after a couple of weeks/months, things really start to flow well.Cons: As an intern, you only have so many months. For the large majority, I felt stressed that I wasn't up to speed. In reality, being a Production Engineer truly just takes time to adjust to. Towards the end, I felt the flow of my work really develop, but the middle learning portion was a slow slog of a time.
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