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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

May 1, 2016
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Don't waste your time with Facebook unless you're desperate. Like the other people mentioned here, there is something fishy going on with Facebook interviews.

I really did well with the onsite interview, and they told me that they passed on my application with no feedback after two weeks.

I've gone through two phone interviews and then an onsite interview with three coding (ninja), one design (pirate), and one cultural/coding (jedi) interview.

I have heard that they usually do only two ninja interviews, but I got three for some reason.

The coding interviews are pretty standard. You either got it right or not.

Explain everything clearly as you code it, because they may not understand your solution even if it's an optimal solution. Be prepared for follow-up questions after that.

Since I got the coding questions right, I was asked a second one each time.

So, on a successful interview, be prepared to do seven coding questions (again, five in most cases).

Questions

I cannot go into specifics because of the NDA, but they are standard coding questions. You can find similar questions on LeetCode or in coding interview prep books.

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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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