Production Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
July 6, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
After a screening call, there were two screening interviews. The first one was coding, and the second one was troubleshooting.
The interviewers were friendly. I was not lucky enough, but the overall experience was not that bad.
Questions
The coding section had two questions. One was simple, using many nested if/else statements. The other was a bit harder, involving reading CSV files, processing them, and so on.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Meta Production Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
8%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Production Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive77%
Neutral23%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Production Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Meta Work Experiences
5.0
Great place to intern
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
December 20, 2019
Pros: Provided housing and meals during the work week. Many events planned for interns and swag were provided. Very competitive salary. You will work on something that matters. Good chance of getting a full-time offer.
Cons: Expectations are very high, but you are not expected to work outside of work hours.
4.0
A fantastic place to work for high achievers
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
September 24, 2021
Pros: The company is very relevant, and what we do matters. This means there are opportunities for you to make a real impact on society.
Virtually infinite learning opportunities. There is always some new technology to learn. You will never be bored.
Compensation is excellent. There are few places that would pay an engineer more.
Perks are amazing. And I haven't even tried the free food yet. (We're still working from home.)
Fast-paced.
Engineers have extremely high autonomy. Engineers usually decide for themselves what projects to work on.
Employees are very optimistic and regard most problems to be solvable. We are always trying to innovate and improve.
The middle managers are some of the best I've ever seen at any company. They respect people and seem to really care about their well-being and career goals.
Cons: Expectations are very high. You have to be strategic about how you spend your time because there are so many expectations that it's hard to satisfy them all if you just do random work without thinking about how it matches the expectations list.
This is kind of an annoying cognitive burden to constantly deal with because no one will directly tell you what to do. (See the point about autonomy, above.)
* If you like to be methodical or process-oriented, it can be frustrating at times because Facebook is the opposite of that. Most activities are ad-hoc and documentation is usually terrible or non-existent. Tools and infrastructure randomly break and you frequently have to troubleshoot them yourself.
* Software reliability is not the best, which means you will frequently be pulled into putting out some fire or preventing a crisis, rather than working on the thing you would prefer to work on.
5.0
Excellent Work Life Balance
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 25, 2022
Pros: Awesome WLB
Growth Opportunities
Benefits
Cons: Negative publicity from media and regulatory scrutiny.
- 5.0Great place to internProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesDecember 20, 2019Pros: Provided housing and meals during the work week. Many events planned for interns and swag were provided. Very competitive salary. You will work on something that matters. Good chance of getting a full-time offer.Cons: Expectations are very high, but you are not expected to work outside of work hours.
- 4.0A fantastic place to work for high achieversProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 24, 2021Pros: The company is very relevant, and what we do matters. This means there are opportunities for you to make a real impact on society. Virtually infinite learning opportunities. There is always some new technology to learn. You will never be bored. Compensation is excellent. There are few places that would pay an engineer more. Perks are amazing. And I haven't even tried the free food yet. (We're still working from home.) Fast-paced. Engineers have extremely high autonomy. Engineers usually decide for themselves what projects to work on. Employees are very optimistic and regard most problems to be solvable. We are always trying to innovate and improve. The middle managers are some of the best I've ever seen at any company. They respect people and seem to really care about their well-being and career goals.Cons: Expectations are very high. You have to be strategic about how you spend your time because there are so many expectations that it's hard to satisfy them all if you just do random work without thinking about how it matches the expectations list. This is kind of an annoying cognitive burden to constantly deal with because no one will directly tell you what to do. (See the point about autonomy, above.) * If you like to be methodical or process-oriented, it can be frustrating at times because Facebook is the opposite of that. Most activities are ad-hoc and documentation is usually terrible or non-existent. Tools and infrastructure randomly break and you frequently have to troubleshoot them yourself. * Software reliability is not the best, which means you will frequently be pulled into putting out some fire or preventing a crisis, rather than working on the thing you would prefer to work on.
- 5.0Excellent Work Life BalanceProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesMay 25, 2022Pros: Awesome WLB Growth Opportunities BenefitsCons: Negative publicity from media and regulatory scrutiny.
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