Production Engineer Interview Experience - London, England
July 21, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied online. The process took four weeks.
- Recruiter Phone Screen (30 mins): An initial conversation with a recruiter that discusses your background, experience, and interest in the role, plus a high-level screening on role fit and compensation expectations.
- Technical Phone Screen (45-60 mins): Usually conducted via video call with an engineer. For Software Engineering roles, there is a live coding exercise on topics like data structures, algorithms, arrays, strings, trees, graphs, and dynamic programming. You typically code in a shared editor while explaining your thought process. Expect one to two coding problems of medium difficulty.
Questions
The process consists of two stages:
- Recruiter Phone Screen (30 mins): Initial conversation with a recruiter who discusses your background, experience, and interest in the role. High-level screening on role fit and compensation expectations.
- Technical Phone Screen (45-60 mins): Usually conducted via video call with an engineer. For software engineering roles, there is a live coding exercise on topics like data structures, algorithms, arrays, strings, trees, graphs, and dynamic programming. You typically code in a shared editor while explaining your thought process. Expect 1-2 coding problems of medium difficulty.
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The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Meta Production Engineer role in London, England.
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Meta's interview process for their Production Engineer roles in London, England is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Meta's Production Engineer interview process in London, England.
Meta Work Experiences
4.0
Great Food, Boring People
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
November 28, 2023
Pros: Good food to eat, yeah.
Cons: Boring people everywhere, yeah.
2.0
Know what you are getting yourself into
Production Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
August 18, 2019
Pros: Facebook is a good company to work for. They pay well and have great perks. At the beginning, life is good.
Facebook rewards ambition.
Cons: The appeal quickly wears off. Your experience at Facebook highly depends on the team you join.
Facebook does not have the best people managers. If you join a team with a good manager who knows the system, you will be more likely to have a productive, prosperous time at Facebook. If you join a team with a bad manager, your work-life balance will be horrible. You will feel extreme pressure with the performance cycle review every six months. Worse yet, you may even blame yourself for what's happening, not realizing the role your manager plays until it is too late.
Facebook is a good company for new college graduates. Even with a bad experience, you can learn so much about practical, applied technology here. For those with several years of experience, or with family commitments, be careful. Come into Facebook with a clear sense of what you need from Facebook that you cannot get anywhere else. Be prepared to leave when that is delayed, or not a possibility, or comes at a cost to your family or external commitments.
For most people, Facebook is not a company that you join and happily work at for the rest of your life. Facebook is a temporary stop that will squeeze as much productivity out of you as it can. When that stops, it forces you out or makes you want to leave.
5.0
Stunning, fast-paced, rewarding!
Production Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 4, 2014
Pros: The environment provides amazing learning experiences and professional growth, good benefits and compensation, and high-quality training and mentorship.
Cons: The promoted culture and company values are not always followed, having a negative impact on performance reviews and promotions.
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- 2.0Know what you are getting yourself intoProduction Engineer • Former EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesAugust 18, 2019Pros: Facebook is a good company to work for. They pay well and have great perks. At the beginning, life is good. Facebook rewards ambition.Cons: The appeal quickly wears off. Your experience at Facebook highly depends on the team you join. Facebook does not have the best people managers. If you join a team with a good manager who knows the system, you will be more likely to have a productive, prosperous time at Facebook. If you join a team with a bad manager, your work-life balance will be horrible. You will feel extreme pressure with the performance cycle review every six months. Worse yet, you may even blame yourself for what's happening, not realizing the role your manager plays until it is too late. Facebook is a good company for new college graduates. Even with a bad experience, you can learn so much about practical, applied technology here. For those with several years of experience, or with family commitments, be careful. Come into Facebook with a clear sense of what you need from Facebook that you cannot get anywhere else. Be prepared to leave when that is delayed, or not a possibility, or comes at a cost to your family or external commitments. For most people, Facebook is not a company that you join and happily work at for the rest of your life. Facebook is a temporary stop that will squeeze as much productivity out of you as it can. When that stops, it forces you out or makes you want to leave.
- 5.0Stunning, fast-paced, rewarding!Production Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 4, 2014Pros: The environment provides amazing learning experiences and professional growth, good benefits and compensation, and high-quality training and mentorship.Cons: The promoted culture and company values are not always followed, having a negative impact on performance reviews and promotions.
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