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Production Engineer Interview Experience

January 1, 2016

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

One interview was conducted by a foreigner with an illegible accent.

I had two phone interviews.

There were lots of questions on Linux administration.

Also, a coding task was given on CoderPad. It was tough for the allowed time.

Questions

Problem: Many formulas exist to calculate the speed of different animals based on the number of legs. This information comes from two different files. The process involves parsing the data and then displaying the animals from fastest to slowest.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 155 interview experiences for the Meta Production Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

22%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Production Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive73%

Neutral14%

Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Production Engineer interview process in United States.

Meta Work Experiences

Learning With Team Dependencies

Production Engineer • Former Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Pros: A lot to learn (career-wise). Interesting internal systems and cross-systems. Culture welcomes ideas (doesn't mean accepting them, though). Team selection period for internship grads (try the team and decide).

Cons: Culture is very, very team dependent. Work/life balance is a mess in teams that require on-call. Teams (since the re-org at least) aren't willing to cooperate and listen to previous tool owners when passing knowledge (due to the re-org).

Learning With Team Dependencies

Production Engineer • Former Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Pros: A lot to learn (career-wise). Interesting internal systems and cross-systems. Culture welcomes ideas (doesn't mean accepting them, though). Team selection period for internship grads (try the team and decide).

Cons: Culture is very, very team dependent. Work/life balance is a mess in teams that require on-call. Teams (since the re-org at least) aren't willing to cooperate and listen to previous tool owners when passing knowledge (due to the re-org).

Innovative Despite Burnout Risk

Production Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Great technological innovations are occurring everywhere.

Cons: Burnout -- Many people get it at some point.

Innovative Despite Burnout Risk

Production Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Great technological innovations are occurring everywhere.

Cons: Burnout -- Many people get it at some point.

Good so far

Production Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

October 26, 2017

Pros: Perks: Food, good pay, lots of events and technical challenges, smart coworkers, interesting work, lots of different types of tech, and cutting-edge tech.

Cons: Compared to most places, there are no real cons to speak of.

Production Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

October 26, 2017

Pros: Perks: Food, good pay, lots of events and technical challenges, smart coworkers, interesting work, lots of different types of tech, and cutting-edge tech.

Cons: Compared to most places, there are no real cons to speak of.

Learning With Team Dependencies

Production Engineer • Former Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Pros: A lot to learn (career-wise). Interesting internal systems and cross-systems. Culture welcomes ideas (doesn't mean accepting them, though). Team selection period for internship grads (try the team and decide).

Cons: Culture is very, very team dependent. Work/life balance is a mess in teams that require on-call. Teams (since the re-org at least) aren't willing to cooperate and listen to previous tool owners when passing knowledge (due to the re-org).

3.0
Learning With Team Dependencies
Production Engineer • Former Employee
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
March 31, 2024
Pros: A lot to learn (career-wise). Interesting internal systems and cross-systems. Culture welcomes ideas (doesn't mean accepting them, though). Team selection period for internship grads (try the team and decide).
Cons: Culture is very, very team dependent. Work/life balance is a mess in teams that require on-call. Teams (since the re-org at least) aren't willing to cooperate and listen to previous tool owners when passing knowledge (due to the re-org).

Innovative Despite Burnout Risk

Production Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Great technological innovations are occurring everywhere.

Cons: Burnout -- Many people get it at some point.

5.0
Innovative Despite Burnout Risk
Production Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
June 27, 2024
Pros: Great technological innovations are occurring everywhere.
Cons: Burnout -- Many people get it at some point.

Good so far

Production Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

October 26, 2017

Pros: Perks: Food, good pay, lots of events and technical challenges, smart coworkers, interesting work, lots of different types of tech, and cutting-edge tech.

Cons: Compared to most places, there are no real cons to speak of.

5.0
Good so far
Production Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 26, 2017
Pros: Perks: Food, good pay, lots of events and technical challenges, smart coworkers, interesting work, lots of different types of tech, and cutting-edge tech.
Cons: Compared to most places, there are no real cons to speak of.

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Given a string with parentheses, determine the minimum number of parentheses you must remove to make the string valid. A valid string has balanced and properly nested parentheses.

StringsStacksTwo Pointers

Valid Word Abbreviation

Determine if a given abbreviation is valid for a given word. An abbreviation can contain digits representing the number of skipped characters.

StringsTwo Pointers

Binary Tree Vertical Order Traversal

Traverse a binary tree and return a list of node values for each vertical line, ordered from left to right. Nodes on the same vertical line should be ordered from top to bottom.

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