Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
Process
I was contacted by the recruiter through LinkedIn.
After an initial call from HR, I had a technical Skype interview. It took 45 minutes: 30 minutes of coding plus 15 minutes for experience-related questions and my questions.
I wasn't satisfied with my performance, but surprisingly I passed.
We were about to schedule a day-long on-site interview process. In the meantime, however, I received another offer and resigned, as this and the preparation would have taken too much time.
Questions
Except for experience-related questions, I was asked coding questions. I was supposed to write the solution to the problem in any programming language in a simple web-based code editor.
The question was: Given an array of positive integers and another integer, find whether there is a consecutive range in the array such that the sum of integers in the range is equal to the given number.
They put an emphasis on delivering a working, efficient solution. In my opinion, this kind of interview requires thorough preparation.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 35 interview experiences for the Meta Senior Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Senior Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
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