Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California
May 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
One phone screen followed by four on-campus interviews.
Standard coding questions, one highly scalable design question, and questions about past projects.
Check out David Malan's scalability lecture on YouTube. That's a good starting point.
Write code.
Questions
Tell me a situation where you had a difference of opinion about a project and how did you resolve it?
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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
Excellent Pay, Great Benefits
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
January 20, 2021
Pros: Perks, salary, RSUs, location, remote work.
Cons: Work-life balance for parents. Managers are usually understanding.
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.
3.0
Good Snacks, Bad Politics
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
January 15, 2024
Pros: Good food and snacks, comfortable chairs.
Cons: Horrible politics and dysfunctional bureaucracy.
- 5.0Excellent Pay, Great BenefitsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesJanuary 20, 2021Pros: Perks, salary, RSUs, location, remote work.Cons: Work-life balance for parents. Managers are usually understanding.
- 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.
- 3.0Good Snacks, Bad PoliticsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesJanuary 15, 2024Pros: Good food and snacks, comfortable chairs.Cons: Horrible politics and dysfunctional bureaucracy.
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