Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
I applied years ago but never heard back.
A recruiter from Meta randomly reached out to me recently and asked if I wanted to interview.
I only had a phone screening. I thought it went decently enough, but they declined to proceed.
Questions
Imagine you're writing a command for your command line/shell/terminal called "cd". Implement it to allow users to change directory to the requested directory.
Given a list of sorted numbers, return how many times a given number appears.
e.g. fn([1,2,2,2,3,4,4,7], 2) => 3
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 150 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Exceptional Experience, No ConsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 9, 2025Pros: Good Good Good Good GoodCons: None
- 4.0Intense, but lots of talentSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 16, 2025Pros: Lots of talented people. Diverse opportunities since the company is so big. You can learn how things work at scale.Cons: Lots of teams/orgs can be a bit of a pitfall. Some orgs really claw for scope. Performance review process is more overhead than it should be.
- 4.0Good job, "PSC" driven cultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMay 9, 2023Pros: Great pay, good tools, solving challenging and interesting problems on some of the most popular apps in the world.Cons: Work/life balance can be rough, depending on the team. The culture is focused around PSC, which incentivizes "me first" thinking.
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