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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

September 1, 2023

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone Screen to go over the resume with a recruiter.

45-minute coding round with an engineer from the team, including quick questions on C++ programming and multithreading.

4-hour interview (45 minutes each).

Questions

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N-Queens

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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

Fast-paced environment

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: You get to work on interesting projects. There's never a day where you feel like you're working on something that's not causing an impact on small businesses.

Cons: The work hours are long sometimes.

Fast-paced environment

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: You get to work on interesting projects. There's never a day where you feel like you're working on something that's not causing an impact on small businesses.

Cons: The work hours are long sometimes.

Energetic Environment, Innovation Lacking

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 30, 2014

Pros: energy, and food energy, and food

Cons: Lack of future innovations in energy and food.

Energetic Environment, Innovation Lacking

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 30, 2014

Pros: energy, and food energy, and food

Cons: Lack of future innovations in energy and food.

Best place I've ever worked

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 21, 2012

Pros: Amazing people – hard to overstate this. You get to choose what you want to work on (Bing "Facebook bootcamp" for more info). Everyone is really passionate about the product. People care about the folks that use Facebook and really want to make it a better experience. There are so many cool things we want to do, it'd be hard to get bored. Things move really fast – there usually has to be a good reason not to do some new cool thing, instead of a reason to do it.

Cons: Since so many people at Facebook are amazing, recognition/awards aren't as frequent as I'd personally like. I've done stuff that would've earned me instant promotions at a previous company, and only got a "cool, nice job" at Facebook. It's hard to hear people spread misinformation about Facebook while you're working there. I've gotten so passionate about the company that when people say misguided things like "Facebook sells your information to advertisers," it's hard not to get angry.

Best place I've ever worked

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 21, 2012

Pros: Amazing people – hard to overstate this. You get to choose what you want to work on (Bing "Facebook bootcamp" for more info). Everyone is really passionate about the product. People care about the folks that use Facebook and really want to make it a better experience. There are so many cool things we want to do, it'd be hard to get bored. Things move really fast – there usually has to be a good reason not to do some new cool thing, instead of a reason to do it.

Cons: Since so many people at Facebook are amazing, recognition/awards aren't as frequent as I'd personally like. I've done stuff that would've earned me instant promotions at a previous company, and only got a "cool, nice job" at Facebook. It's hard to hear people spread misinformation about Facebook while you're working there. I've gotten so passionate about the company that when people say misguided things like "Facebook sells your information to advertisers," it's hard not to get angry.

Fast-paced environment

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: You get to work on interesting projects. There's never a day where you feel like you're working on something that's not causing an impact on small businesses.

Cons: The work hours are long sometimes.

4.0
Fast-paced environment
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
May 21, 2024
Pros: You get to work on interesting projects. There's never a day where you feel like you're working on something that's not causing an impact on small businesses.
Cons: The work hours are long sometimes.

Energetic Environment, Innovation Lacking

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 30, 2014

Pros: energy, and food energy, and food

Cons: Lack of future innovations in energy and food.

5.0
Energetic Environment, Innovation Lacking
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
January 30, 2014
Pros: energy, and food energy, and food
Cons: Lack of future innovations in energy and food.

Best place I've ever worked

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 21, 2012

Pros: Amazing people – hard to overstate this. You get to choose what you want to work on (Bing "Facebook bootcamp" for more info). Everyone is really passionate about the product. People care about the folks that use Facebook and really want to make it a better experience. There are so many cool things we want to do, it'd be hard to get bored. Things move really fast – there usually has to be a good reason not to do some new cool thing, instead of a reason to do it.

Cons: Since so many people at Facebook are amazing, recognition/awards aren't as frequent as I'd personally like. I've done stuff that would've earned me instant promotions at a previous company, and only got a "cool, nice job" at Facebook. It's hard to hear people spread misinformation about Facebook while you're working there. I've gotten so passionate about the company that when people say misguided things like "Facebook sells your information to advertisers," it's hard not to get angry.

5.0
Best place I've ever worked
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
January 21, 2012
Pros: Amazing people – hard to overstate this. You get to choose what you want to work on (Bing "Facebook bootcamp" for more info). Everyone is really passionate about the product. People care about the folks that use Facebook and really want to make it a better experience. There are so many cool things we want to do, it'd be hard to get bored. Things move really fast – there usually has to be a good reason not to do some new cool thing, instead of a reason to do it.
Cons: Since so many people at Facebook are amazing, recognition/awards aren't as frequent as I'd personally like. I've done stuff that would've earned me instant promotions at a previous company, and only got a "cool, nice job" at Facebook. It's hard to hear people spread misinformation about Facebook while you're working there. I've gotten so passionate about the company that when people say misguided things like "Facebook sells your information to advertisers," it's hard not to get angry.

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Given a string with parentheses, determine the minimum number of parentheses you must remove to make the string valid. A valid string has balanced and properly nested parentheses.

StringsStacksTwo Pointers

Valid Word Abbreviation

Determine if a given abbreviation is valid for a given word. An abbreviation can contain digits representing the number of skipped characters.

StringsTwo Pointers

Binary Tree Vertical Order Traversal

Traverse a binary tree and return a list of node values for each vertical line, ordered from left to right. Nodes on the same vertical line should be ordered from top to bottom.

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