Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California
October 9, 2024
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
1 recruiter round 1 screen - 2 LeetCode medium questions
4 final rounds:
- 2 coding
- 1 behavioral
- 1 system design
Overall medium to hard LeetCode questions. The behavioral round was tough, with several questions asked.
Questions
Coding Round: Design a Least Recently Used (LRU) Cache.
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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
Good Pay, Skip The Tests
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
October 18, 2021
Pros: Good pay.
Work is reasonable.
Don't need to write tests.
Cons: No free food WFH now.
5.0
Awesome place to work that has huge impact, lots of fun, and a ton to learn
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
February 28, 2014
Pros: Huge impact on billions of people while working with awesome, insanely intelligent coworkers at a pleasant office. Great free food and perks. Lots of autonomy and big problems to solve. Engineer-driven culture. Down-to-earth, available CEO.
Cons: Being on-call and dealing with lots of product uncertainty.
Long commute if you live in SF.
Work-life balance tends to steer toward work.
4.0
Meta software engineer
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
October 16, 2024
Pros: Compensation, perks, people, and transparency
Cons: Oftentimes shifting direction, not enough XFN support.
- 5.0Good Pay, Skip The TestsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesOctober 18, 2021Pros: Good pay. Work is reasonable. Don't need to write tests.Cons: No free food WFH now.
- 5.0Awesome place to work that has huge impact, lots of fun, and a ton to learnSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesFebruary 28, 2014Pros: Huge impact on billions of people while working with awesome, insanely intelligent coworkers at a pleasant office. Great free food and perks. Lots of autonomy and big problems to solve. Engineer-driven culture. Down-to-earth, available CEO.Cons: Being on-call and dealing with lots of product uncertainty. Long commute if you live in SF. Work-life balance tends to steer toward work.
- 4.0Meta software engineerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesOctober 16, 2024Pros: Compensation, perks, people, and transparencyCons: Oftentimes shifting direction, not enough XFN support.
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