Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
A Meta recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn for a while. Setting up the phone screen was easy. The recruiter was very courteous and set it up within 10 minutes.
The phone screen was a standard intro, followed by two coding questions.
Questions
The interviewer asked two questions and time-boxed them. They were standard LeetCode medium questions.
The first one was to parse a string and perform an evaluation. The second one was to do an operation on an array of integers.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the Meta Senior Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Meta's Senior Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Excellent Learning OpportunitySenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesSeptember 29, 2025Pros: It's great and depends on what you make of it.Cons: There are a lot of smart people to learn from.
- 4.0Stressful, but good compensationSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 24, 2025Pros: - Good compensation, stock keeps going up.Cons: - PSC is stressful. - Too much scope battle and politics. - Lack of direction. - Terrible WLB.
- 3.0Good Perks, Poor Work-life BalanceSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 20, 2025Pros: Good benefit, free lunch, and a nice office.Cons: Bad work-life balance; I often worked long hours.
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