Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California
February 1, 2014
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The whole process took around 6 weeks. I had my first phone screen at the beginning of January and my onsite in February. It involved algorithm and design problems, which were not too difficult.
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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.
Meta Work Experiences
5.0
Freedom With Management Weakness
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
September 6, 2024
Pros: Decent hours, lots of work freedom.
Cons: Leadership can be weak in low management.
5.0
Work on challenging, high-impact problems with lots of intelligent coworkers
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
November 14, 2012
Pros: High impact – your work affects a lot of people.
Interesting – there are a lot of challenging problems to solve.
Flexible – choose when and how much to work. You are judged on what you accomplish, not how long you are at the office doing it.
Work/life balance – other than hackathons and offsites, I'm home for dinner with my family.
Choose your path – you get to choose what to work on out of bootcamp.
Cons: Not enough people: there are things that should get done, but there's no one to do them.
Meetings: Most of my days are interrupted by a meeting or two.
5.0
On the top of the world
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
October 30, 2013
Pros: Best place to work, ever.
Cons: Best place to work. Nothing better exists out there. That's it.
- 5.0Freedom With Management WeaknessSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesSeptember 6, 2024Pros: Decent hours, lots of work freedom.Cons: Leadership can be weak in low management.
- 5.0Work on challenging, high-impact problems with lots of intelligent coworkersSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesNovember 14, 2012Pros: High impact – your work affects a lot of people. Interesting – there are a lot of challenging problems to solve. Flexible – choose when and how much to work. You are judged on what you accomplish, not how long you are at the office doing it. Work/life balance – other than hackathons and offsites, I'm home for dinner with my family. Choose your path – you get to choose what to work on out of bootcamp.Cons: Not enough people: there are things that should get done, but there's no one to do them. Meetings: Most of my days are interrupted by a meeting or two.
- 5.0On the top of the worldSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesOctober 30, 2013Pros: Best place to work, ever.Cons: Best place to work. Nothing better exists out there. That's it.
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