Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
January 1, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
2 medium questions in 20 minutes. Questions involve arrays, trees, etc.
One question was to find all nodes at K distance from a tree. The other is mentioned below. You need to solve both questions, covering corner cases, etc.
Questions
Find if a word can be converted to a palindrome after removing one character.
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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
Stressful but rewarding
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
October 24, 2020
Pros: Great people
Respect
Independence
Growth
Ambitious work
Compensation is ok, although the gap between US salaries is considerable.
Cons: Work-life balance
Stress
The performance review process
Not Invented Here syndrome makes some skills not transferable.
1.0
Depends on the situation
Software Engineer • Former Employee
May 30, 2023
Pros: Salary can be a pro.
Cons: Work-life balance.
Work-life balance.
3.0
It is lowballing new folks
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
September 24, 2025
Pros: I'm not sure anymore what it offers.
Cons: Low pay despite lots of hard work needed.
- 4.0Stressful but rewardingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomOctober 24, 2020Pros: Great people Respect Independence Growth Ambitious work Compensation is ok, although the gap between US salaries is considerable.Cons: Work-life balance Stress The performance review process Not Invented Here syndrome makes some skills not transferable.
- 1.0Depends on the situationSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMay 30, 2023Pros: Salary can be a pro.Cons: Work-life balance. Work-life balance.
- 3.0It is lowballing new folksSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesSeptember 24, 2025Pros: I'm not sure anymore what it offers.Cons: Low pay despite lots of hard work needed.
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