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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

February 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

My application was submitted through an internal referral, and I was contacted by the recruiter within a week. The recruiter was very helpful in providing tips on preparing for the interview and its format.

Even though I didn't get an offer, the overall interview process was very pleasant. Each interviewer was assigned to test one or two specific skill sets. All the coding and design questions were fair, and the interviewers were all pretty friendly.

I had an additional "practice" interview to prepare an interviewer to learn how to interview. Also, most of the interviews had a shadow interviewer, but this seems to be the norm for all the companies I interviewed with.

Questions

During my interview with a manager, they presented a real internal problem the company is facing and asked me to propose a solution.

The question was truly interesting, but I felt it's a bit hard for an outsider to provide an effective and not overly complicated answer.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 359 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in Menlo Park, California.

Success Rate

28%
Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Menlo Park, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive69%
Neutral18%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in Menlo Park, California.

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