Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California
February 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview process includes:
- A phone screen
- Two coding rounds
- One system design round
- One behavioral round
The company provides a helpful preparation site. Each coding round goes straight to the point with two coding exercises.
Questions
Signed NDA, but nothing out of the ordinary (LeetCode Medium/Hard).
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 44 interview experiences for the Meta Senior Software Engineer role in Menlo Park, California.
Success Rate
9%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Menlo Park, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive52%
Neutral23%
Negative25%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Menlo Park, California.
Meta Work Experiences
3.0
Great people, compensation, and career learning. Bad everything else
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
October 16, 2025
Pros: Good company, great people, nice career growth.
Cons: Politics, nepotism, top-down, with no easy way to open up your scope.
1.0
Gone to trash. They laid off the good folks
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
May 5, 2023
Pros: Used to be amazing.
Great comp and benefits.
Cons: The best engineers in my org are laid off, lol.
5.0
Software engineer at Meta
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
July 12, 2022
Pros: Good pay and decent work-life balance.
Cons: The stock went down a lot.
- 3.0Great people, compensation, and career learning. Bad everything elseSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesOctober 16, 2025Pros: Good company, great people, nice career growth.Cons: Politics, nepotism, top-down, with no easy way to open up your scope.
- 1.0Gone to trash. They laid off the good folksSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesMay 5, 2023Pros: Used to be amazing. Great comp and benefits.Cons: The best engineers in my org are laid off, lol.
- 5.0Software engineer at MetaSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesJuly 12, 2022Pros: Good pay and decent work-life balance.Cons: The stock went down a lot.
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