Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California
September 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
A telephone chat with a recruiter was followed by an onsite interview.
The onsite interview consisted of five 45-minute sessions.
All of the sessions were highly technical, involving either writing code on a whiteboard or discussing system design.
Questions
Questions about data structures, graphs, and tree traversal.
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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 company, definitely recommend
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
April 4, 2021
Pros: World-level application with billions of users.
Cons: Relatively busy and work after hours quite frequently.
5.0
Best company I've worked at
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
November 17, 2012
Pros: Smart, energetic people around you to make yourself better.
Relative flat management for a company at this size.
Projects that influence people.
Probably the best café in all IT companies at the moment (Thomas Keller, Gary Danko theme, etc.).
Work for fun. You can still keep a life if you are good at what you are doing. :)
Cons: - None I can think of at the moment
3.0
Good Benefits, Slow Raises
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
November 19, 2017
Pros: Great benefit and self-paced time.
Cons: Low raise rate after yearly performance review.
- 5.0Good company, definitely recommendSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesApril 4, 2021Pros: World-level application with billions of users.Cons: Relatively busy and work after hours quite frequently.
- 5.0Best company I've worked atSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesNovember 17, 2012Pros: Smart, energetic people around you to make yourself better. Relative flat management for a company at this size. Projects that influence people. Probably the best café in all IT companies at the moment (Thomas Keller, Gary Danko theme, etc.). Work for fun. You can still keep a life if you are good at what you are doing. :)Cons: - None I can think of at the moment
- 3.0Good Benefits, Slow RaisesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesNovember 19, 2017Pros: Great benefit and self-paced time.Cons: Low raise rate after yearly performance review.
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