Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
July 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I received an email from the recruiter. After two weeks, I had a phone interview. Following that, after a month, I went to London for five interviews.
The first was behavioral, the next two were coding questions, and the last two were system design.
Questions
Phone:
- 2-SUM in sorted array
- Check if binary tree is BST
Onsite coding:
- Remove invalid parentheses
- Leetcode: Walls and Gates
- Leetcode: Flatten Nested List Iterator
System design:
- Design Instagram
- Design a Facebook plugin to show most-listened songs on user profile
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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
5.0
Best employer in the industry
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
January 27, 2021
Pros: Available projects.
Freedom to work.
Compensation & benefits.
Cons: Poor middle management. Work-life balance.
2.0
Lack of original ideas at the top, pressure at the bottom
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
July 24, 2022
Pros: - Decent competitive pay.
- Good internal mobility.
- If you make the effort, others will listen.
- Lots of interesting projects, if you are in the right teams/pillars.
Cons: - Lots of boring projects, if you are in the wrong teams/pillars.
- Negative financial outlook.
- Constant fear of layoff.
- Constant pressure for performance.
- Mechanical PSC evaluation (difficult if you are not a good fit to the team skill-wise).
- Lots of restructuring, making it difficult to settle in a position. Easy to get into wrong projects.
- Lack of original ideas from the top.
3.0
Great pay, but lacks strong leadership
Software Engineer • Current Employee
March 22, 2023
Pros: Pay is great! And still holding to remote, although that might change soon.
Cons: The RL budget is uncontrolled, and we haven't much to show for 30 billion dollars.
- 5.0Best employer in the industrySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesJanuary 27, 2021Pros: Available projects. Freedom to work. Compensation & benefits.Cons: Poor middle management. Work-life balance.
- 2.0Lack of original ideas at the top, pressure at the bottomSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomJuly 24, 2022Pros: - Decent competitive pay. - Good internal mobility. - If you make the effort, others will listen. - Lots of interesting projects, if you are in the right teams/pillars.Cons: - Lots of boring projects, if you are in the wrong teams/pillars. - Negative financial outlook. - Constant fear of layoff. - Constant pressure for performance. - Mechanical PSC evaluation (difficult if you are not a good fit to the team skill-wise). - Lots of restructuring, making it difficult to settle in a position. Easy to get into wrong projects. - Lack of original ideas from the top.
- 3.0Great pay, but lacks strong leadershipSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMarch 22, 2023Pros: Pay is great! And still holding to remote, although that might change soon.Cons: The RL budget is uncontrolled, and we haven't much to show for 30 billion dollars.
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