Production Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
August 1, 2023
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview was extremely straightforward. They gave me access to metacareers.com, which had tons of resources for people preparing for an interview. They even let me schedule mock interviews with real employees before my actual interview.
The interview itself went extremely smoothly, and I received great feedback afterward on what went well.
Questions
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Write some code that lists the top 10 most frequent words in a file.
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Write some code that creates a randomized Minesweeper board on every iteration.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Meta Production Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
43%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Production Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive86%
Neutral0%
Negative14%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Production Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Meta Work Experiences
3.0
Not what I expected
Production Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 14, 2025
Pros: - Impactful projects
- Smart colleagues
- Pay was great, especially as stock went up
- Entertaining meme culture
Cons: Culture is changing rapidly, becoming more top-down.
Good PSC reviews require great technical delivery and role performance, but you won't get a good rating from performance alone. I have seen PSC used for political retribution about 50% of the time. It's the first job I've seen this level of blame game and backstabbing.
IC6+ can do whatever. Great for them, but there is very little accountability in my org. It was common for them to burn IC4/IC5 by coercing them to follow bad "advice" which ended up backfiring. Three people left my team after getting burned in PSC this way, with no repercussions to IC6+ at all.
Some teams have a high on-call load. I was on 24/7 on-call 50% of the time at worst, and being on several on-call rotations is common.
There is very high team attrition; the team fully turned over every 1-2 years.
4.0
Best WLB of all the top 5
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
January 15, 2025
Pros: - Good projects and growth opportunities
- Good team and collaboration
Cons: - tumultuous workplace culture
- dishonest leaders
3.0
Toxic Culture, Smart Colleagues
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
July 22, 2024
Pros: A lot of autonomy, smart colleagues.
Cons: Meta is a real-life simulation of the Hunger Games.
Toxic culture, backstabbing, and incompetent managers.
- 3.0Not what I expectedProduction Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 14, 2025Pros: - Impactful projects - Smart colleagues - Pay was great, especially as stock went up - Entertaining meme cultureCons: Culture is changing rapidly, becoming more top-down. Good PSC reviews require great technical delivery and role performance, but you won't get a good rating from performance alone. I have seen PSC used for political retribution about 50% of the time. It's the first job I've seen this level of blame game and backstabbing. IC6+ can do whatever. Great for them, but there is very little accountability in my org. It was common for them to burn IC4/IC5 by coercing them to follow bad "advice" which ended up backfiring. Three people left my team after getting burned in PSC this way, with no repercussions to IC6+ at all. Some teams have a high on-call load. I was on 24/7 on-call 50% of the time at worst, and being on several on-call rotations is common. There is very high team attrition; the team fully turned over every 1-2 years.
- 4.0Best WLB of all the top 5Production Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 15, 2025Pros: - Good projects and growth opportunities - Good team and collaborationCons: - tumultuous workplace culture - dishonest leaders
- 3.0Toxic Culture, Smart ColleaguesProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJuly 22, 2024Pros: A lot of autonomy, smart colleagues.Cons: Meta is a real-life simulation of the Hunger Games. Toxic culture, backstabbing, and incompetent managers.
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