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Senior MLE Interview Experience - United States

September 6, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview was an OA about building a database from scratch. It wasn’t too bad, and I think it could benefit from adding some more edge cases to test problem-solving.

Questions

How would you build a database?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Meta Senior MLE role in United States.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Senior MLE roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Neutral0%

Negative100%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Meta's Senior MLE interview process in United States.

Meta Work Experiences

Good place to learn & grow. Tough on WLB

Senior MLE • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: - Growth is good. - Lots of smart people. - If you have a good idea, you can likely build it if you get some support.

Cons: - 6-month PSC cycle with a 15-20% "Below Expectations" quota can stress people out. - Not the best work-life balance (45 hours per week, very intense).

Good place to learn & grow. Tough on WLB

Senior MLE • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: - Growth is good. - Lots of smart people. - If you have a good idea, you can likely build it if you get some support.

Cons: - 6-month PSC cycle with a 15-20% "Below Expectations" quota can stress people out. - Not the best work-life balance (45 hours per week, very intense).

Politics more recently

Senior MLE • Current Employee

Pros: The job started out great! The culture was really conducive to creative pursuits in the beginning, several years ago.

Cons: Things changed when the stock crashed and, more recently, with multiple rounds of layoffs.

Politics more recently

Senior MLE • Current Employee

Pros: The job started out great! The culture was really conducive to creative pursuits in the beginning, several years ago.

Cons: Things changed when the stock crashed and, more recently, with multiple rounds of layoffs.

Ruthless without compassion

Senior MLE • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The company moves fast and is large. I like all the facilities and benefits. I used to be proud of working there.

Cons: Internal competition is harsh. You will be compared to your peers who might look nice but will try to do something in order to show he/she is better.

Ruthless without compassion

Senior MLE • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The company moves fast and is large. I like all the facilities and benefits. I used to be proud of working there.

Cons: Internal competition is harsh. You will be compared to your peers who might look nice but will try to do something in order to show he/she is better.

Good place to learn & grow. Tough on WLB

Senior MLE • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: - Growth is good. - Lots of smart people. - If you have a good idea, you can likely build it if you get some support.

Cons: - 6-month PSC cycle with a 15-20% "Below Expectations" quota can stress people out. - Not the best work-life balance (45 hours per week, very intense).

4.0
Good place to learn & grow. Tough on WLB
Senior MLE • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
July 19, 2025
Pros: - Growth is good. - Lots of smart people. - If you have a good idea, you can likely build it if you get some support.
Cons: - 6-month PSC cycle with a 15-20% "Below Expectations" quota can stress people out. - Not the best work-life balance (45 hours per week, very intense).

Politics more recently

Senior MLE • Current Employee

Pros: The job started out great! The culture was really conducive to creative pursuits in the beginning, several years ago.

Cons: Things changed when the stock crashed and, more recently, with multiple rounds of layoffs.

3.0
Politics more recently
Senior MLE • Current Employee
April 14, 2025
Pros: The job started out great! The culture was really conducive to creative pursuits in the beginning, several years ago.
Cons: Things changed when the stock crashed and, more recently, with multiple rounds of layoffs.

Ruthless without compassion

Senior MLE • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The company moves fast and is large. I like all the facilities and benefits. I used to be proud of working there.

Cons: Internal competition is harsh. You will be compared to your peers who might look nice but will try to do something in order to show he/she is better.

4.0
Ruthless without compassion
Senior MLE • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 22, 2025
Pros: The company moves fast and is large. I like all the facilities and benefits. I used to be proud of working there.
Cons: Internal competition is harsh. You will be compared to your peers who might look nice but will try to do something in order to show he/she is better.

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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