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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

March 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I am not writing because I didn't get an offer, but they should consider these facts.

Facebook, you better fix CoderPad before you interview candidates.

The first interview was pretty awesome; the interviewer was really great, helpful, and responded to my questions all the time.

However, the second interviewer was horrible, even though he is so experienced. He was not responding to my questions and was unclear with what he was asking. For my every question, he had one answer: "Leave it as it is."

I wasted almost 7-10 minutes finding out why the output was getting printed twice. I finally found out that due to a CoderPad issue, the main function was invoking twice.

I completed 3 parts of a program, and when there were 3 minutes left for the interview to end, he asked me one more question to complete. CoderPad on his side got hanged. I tried to explain my approach, but still, he said his golden words: "Leave it as it is."

You should really consider these things before proceeding with any candidate interviews.

Questions

I can't disclose, as I signed an NDA.

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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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