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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

March 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Initially, I got in touch with a Facebook university recruiter and secured a phone interview through them. The phone screen involved two programming questions using CoderPad. I soon received good news: I had been selected for an onsite interview.

There were three onsite interviews:

Two technical interviews
One HR/technical interview

This was followed by a lunch break that included a Menlo Park campus tour.

All the technical questions were from the medium/hard sections of LeetCode, especially the premium Facebook section. During the HR interview, the questions focused on my projects and team skills.

Questions

Signed NDA

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 26 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer New Grad role in Menlo Park, California.

Success Rate

27%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in Menlo Park, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive77%

Neutral23%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in Menlo Park, California.

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