Meta

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 1, 2020

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview involved a phone call to discuss previous work experience and languages that I knew.

We also discussed how the hiring process works.

We discussed the kinds of jobs that were available.

We discussed remote work opportunities they had available from different locations.

Questions

What have you worked on?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 171 interview experiences for the Meta Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

6%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%

Neutral24%

Negative32%

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

Meta Work Experiences

Gone to trash. They laid off the good folks

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Used to be amazing. Great comp and benefits.

Cons: The best engineers in my org are laid off, lol.

Gone to trash. They laid off the good folks

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Used to be amazing. Great comp and benefits.

Cons: The best engineers in my org are laid off, lol.

Fantastic Work Environment

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

August 25, 2021

Pros: It's a joy to get to work at FB.

Cons: Nothing bad yet. It's really good to work at FB.

Fantastic Work Environment

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

August 25, 2021

Pros: It's a joy to get to work at FB.

Cons: Nothing bad yet. It's really good to work at FB.

Cool, but overall not healthy

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great company with many established processes and amazing people working there. The company treats employees well with high salaries and stock options.

Cons: As everything is established, it is hard to challenge and change some processes. While the company has amazing people onboard, there are also personalities who know the rules and play their role by the corporate rules. Impostors.

Cool, but overall not healthy

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great company with many established processes and amazing people working there. The company treats employees well with high salaries and stock options.

Cons: As everything is established, it is hard to challenge and change some processes. While the company has amazing people onboard, there are also personalities who know the rules and play their role by the corporate rules. Impostors.

Gone to trash. They laid off the good folks

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Used to be amazing. Great comp and benefits.

Cons: The best engineers in my org are laid off, lol.

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.

Fantastic Work Environment

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

August 25, 2021

Pros: It's a joy to get to work at FB.

Cons: Nothing bad yet. It's really good to work at FB.

5.0
Fantastic Work Environment
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
August 25, 2021
Pros: It's a joy to get to work at FB.
Cons: Nothing bad yet. It's really good to work at FB.

Cool, but overall not healthy

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great company with many established processes and amazing people working there. The company treats employees well with high salaries and stock options.

Cons: As everything is established, it is hard to challenge and change some processes. While the company has amazing people onboard, there are also personalities who know the rules and play their role by the corporate rules. Impostors.

4.0
Cool, but overall not healthy
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
March 25, 2024
Pros: Great company with many established processes and amazing people working there. The company treats employees well with high salaries and stock options.
Cons: As everything is established, it is hard to challenge and change some processes. While the company has amazing people onboard, there are also personalities who know the rules and play their role by the corporate rules. Impostors.

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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