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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Netherlands

December 2, 2020
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was reached by a recruiter and invited to an online interview.

The interview lasted about 90 minutes, and I was given two problems to solve. The first one was an easy LeetCode-level problem, while the second was a medium-level task about graph traversing. The interviewer was nice and helpful, offering a few tips. I didn't write working code for the second problem, only verbally describing a solution that was probably not the most efficient one. Even though I didn't completely solve the second problem, I was invited for an on-site interview.

There, I had two coding interviews, one system design interview, and one behavioral interview.

The coding problems were easy and medium-level LeetCode tasks involving recursion, string manipulation, and arrays. I managed to solve three out of the four coding tasks.

The system design interview was quite abstract, requiring me to build a system to perform certain tasks. From my experience, one needs either experience in similar tasks or thorough preparation for system design; this interview was the hardest for me.

As a result, I was rejected with feedback stating that I did not pass the system design and one of the coding interviews.

In general, the experience was very positive and useful. The coding tasks were easier than I expected, even though I didn't solve one of them. I would also suggest paying more attention to preparation for system/app design interviews.

Questions

Easy/medium level LeetCode questions on recursion and string manipulation.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in Netherlands.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Netherlands is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral33%
Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in Netherlands.

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