Production Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom
March 26, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
First stage:
Basic behavioral talks and about career.
Second stage:
Two interviews:
- The first is a technical interview with a deep dive into Unix systems.
- The second is a problem-solving interview, mostly covering string manipulations.
Third stage (whole loop):
Two interviews similar to stage 2, one system design with a deep dive into internals, and one behavioral round.
Questions
What is a thread?
What is a heap?
What is memory?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Meta Production Engineer role in United Kingdom.
Success Rate
16%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Production Engineer roles in the United Kingdom is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive74%
Neutral21%
Negative5%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Production Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.
Meta Work Experiences
5.0
Best company ever!
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
September 9, 2020
Pros: - Great mentorship
- Managers care about you
- Brilliant colleagues, both seniors and grads
- Global impact
- Work on different projects
- Dogfooding
- Great benefits
- Guided career plans
- Also a fun place to work
Cons: - Being a large corporation, it might take at least 6 months to switch teams.
4.0
Good pay, disappointing leadership
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
February 7, 2021
Pros: Good pay, great benefits, option to work remotely if E5+.
Cons: Leadership decision-making skills are bad. A lot of decisions I don't even understand a bit.
4.0
Fast pace. Ton of impact
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
June 1, 2021
Pros: If you are into independence and freedom in setting your workday, you’ll get it. Great pay, tons of benefits.
Cons: Can be easily overloaded if you aren’t careful.
- 5.0Best company ever!Production Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesSeptember 9, 2020Pros: - Great mentorship - Managers care about you - Brilliant colleagues, both seniors and grads - Global impact - Work on different projects - Dogfooding - Great benefits - Guided career plans - Also a fun place to workCons: - Being a large corporation, it might take at least 6 months to switch teams.
- 4.0Good pay, disappointing leadershipProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesFebruary 7, 2021Pros: Good pay, great benefits, option to work remotely if E5+.Cons: Leadership decision-making skills are bad. A lot of decisions I don't even understand a bit.
- 4.0Fast pace. Ton of impactProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesJune 1, 2021Pros: If you are into independence and freedom in setting your workday, you’ll get it. Great pay, tons of benefits.Cons: Can be easily overloaded if you aren’t careful.
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