Production Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
The interview process involved two technical phone screen rounds: one on coding and a second on systems. After the technical phone screens, there were five rounds of onsite interviews, each 45 minutes long. The five rounds included:
- Distributed system design
- Network
- Behavioral
- Systems
- Coding
Questions
Technical Phone Screen Coding Question: You will be supplied with two data files in CSV format.
The first file contains statistics about various dinosaurs. The second file contains additional data.
Given the following formula, speed = ((STRIDE_LENGTH / LEG_LENGTH) - 1) * SQRT(LEG_LENGTH * g) Where g = 9.8 m/s² (gravitational constant).
Write a program to read in the data files from disk. It must then print the names of only the bipedal dinosaurs from fastest to slowest.
Technical Phone Screen Systems: Various questions on Linux internals and troubleshooting, with a few examples:
- Swap space
- strace command
- Memory-related troubleshooting
I cannot share onsite interview questions due to an NDA. I can just provide some ideas on how to prepare well for coding, design, and Linux systems. These are the main areas they look for. I was rejected for systems.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Meta Production Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Production Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Production Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Meta Work Experiences
- 4.0Not a bad place to workProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2022Pros: Lots of room to grow.Cons: very easy to get distracted
- 5.0Amazing Internship ExperienceProduction Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 22, 2022Pros: Amazing compensation. Awesome campus. Amazing people.Cons: Can't really think of any.
- 4.0A well-run organizationProduction Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 4, 2016Pros: They give a lot of great opportunities and have a stable organization. The leadership is driven and transparent for such a large organization. You are rewarded for your work.Cons: It can get tedious sometimes. A lot of problems are solved, so making an impact is difficult at first. You need to hunt for ways to make an impact.
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