Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
February 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The recruiter is clear and very straightforward, providing a lot of detail on the interview process from the start and offering many resources to help you prepare.
The process basically involves a call, an online coding test, and then four algorithm tests. Of these six tests, there is one easy, one hard, and four medium.
Questions
Basic algorithm tests, mostly LeetCode Medium, with one LeetCode Hard and one Easy.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 147 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
16%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive58%
Neutral25%
Negative17%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Meta Work Experiences
4.0
Fun and a lot of career opportunities
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
July 22, 2022
Pros: I mainly love all the support there is to change teams inside the company and pretty much tailor your job towards the type of work and people you want.
It's overall fast-paced, but it doesn't eat your personal time once you settle into the rhythm.
Cons: - Stock price volatility
- Public image and opinion
- General senior management way of handling PR matters
4.0
Fast-paced environment
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
May 21, 2024
Pros: You get to work on interesting projects.
There's never a day where you feel like you're working on something that's not causing an impact on small businesses.
Cons: The work hours are long sometimes.
2.0
Good Pay, Bad Culture
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 30, 2023
Pros: Total compensation and benefits. 10% of employees are amazing, good engineering talent.
Cons: - PSE culture
- Quick & Dirty
- Lots of on-call support
- NIH syndrome, very poor software solutions
- Full gas in neutral on over-communication
- Duplicity of solutions / fragmentation
- Managers do almost nothing
- Some LeetCode-only engineers bring down the company
- Too much emphasis on interpersonal skills at the expense of bottom-line business goals
- Dooming the future with "boil the ocean" Metaverse initiatives
- Diversity for the sake of coolness
- 4.0Fun and a lot of career opportunitiesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 22, 2022Pros: I mainly love all the support there is to change teams inside the company and pretty much tailor your job towards the type of work and people you want. It's overall fast-paced, but it doesn't eat your personal time once you settle into the rhythm.Cons: - Stock price volatility - Public image and opinion - General senior management way of handling PR matters
- 4.0Fast-paced environmentSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesMay 21, 2024Pros: You get to work on interesting projects. There's never a day where you feel like you're working on something that's not causing an impact on small businesses.Cons: The work hours are long sometimes.
- 2.0Good Pay, Bad CultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 30, 2023Pros: Total compensation and benefits. 10% of employees are amazing, good engineering talent.Cons: - PSE culture - Quick & Dirty - Lots of on-call support - NIH syndrome, very poor software solutions - Full gas in neutral on over-communication - Duplicity of solutions / fragmentation - Managers do almost nothing - Some LeetCode-only engineers bring down the company - Too much emphasis on interpersonal skills at the expense of bottom-line business goals - Dooming the future with "boil the ocean" Metaverse initiatives - Diversity for the sake of coolness
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