Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
September 1, 2021
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
It was a 45-minute technical screen. The interviewer asked a coding question about palindromes. Overall, the interview experience was nice. You were allowed to ask questions, and the interviewer would give you hints on how to solve it.
Questions
Return a function that returns true if it's a palindrome, even if you delete one character.
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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
16%
Pass 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
Positive56%
Neutral26%
Negative18%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Meta Work Experiences
5.0
Strong Culture, Tough Reviews
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
July 12, 2024
Pros: Good engineering culture, stock price is good too.
Cons: Performance review culture can be tough.
3.0
A mixed bag
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
June 13, 2025
Pros: - Incredible compensation.
- Some incredibly smart and hardworking coworkers you learn a lot from.
- Learn how to frame your business impact.
- You get good at alignment and communication because you work with so many people.
- Very fast career growth is possible, like E3 to E5 in 2 years.
- Learn to work in high pressure.
Cons: - You spend more time thinking about how to prove and document your impact than actually doing things.
- PSC is gamified; you do fake things that sound good on PSC but are actually very useless.
- Scope fighting depending on team.
- Very stressful at times.
- Experience is very team/manager dependent.
- Work is often not very technically challenging nor transferable.
5.0
Amazing! I can't imagine working for another company now
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
May 4, 2018
Pros: - Perks:
Life@FB helps manage every aspect of your work life during the day, from providing three meals a day to unlimited visitor invites, helping with laundry, bike repair, hairdresser, and more.
- Initiative-driven culture:
Nobody tells you what to do; you figure out how you can be most effective and run with that.
- Strong engineering-centric culture.
- Mark and Sheryl are amazing.
Cons: The environment is hyper-competitive because everybody is really good and motivated. There is no room for the slightest slack.
A lot of employees seem to be taking the perks and culture for granted, which is not a good trend.
- 5.0Strong Culture, Tough ReviewsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 12, 2024Pros: Good engineering culture, stock price is good too.Cons: Performance review culture can be tough.
- 3.0A mixed bagSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 13, 2025Pros: - Incredible compensation. - Some incredibly smart and hardworking coworkers you learn a lot from. - Learn how to frame your business impact. - You get good at alignment and communication because you work with so many people. - Very fast career growth is possible, like E3 to E5 in 2 years. - Learn to work in high pressure.Cons: - You spend more time thinking about how to prove and document your impact than actually doing things. - PSC is gamified; you do fake things that sound good on PSC but are actually very useless. - Scope fighting depending on team. - Very stressful at times. - Experience is very team/manager dependent. - Work is often not very technically challenging nor transferable.
- 5.0Amazing! I can't imagine working for another company nowSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMay 4, 2018Pros: - Perks: Life@FB helps manage every aspect of your work life during the day, from providing three meals a day to unlimited visitor invites, helping with laundry, bike repair, hairdresser, and more. - Initiative-driven culture: Nobody tells you what to do; you figure out how you can be most effective and run with that. - Strong engineering-centric culture. - Mark and Sheryl are amazing.Cons: The environment is hyper-competitive because everybody is really good and motivated. There is no room for the slightest slack. A lot of employees seem to be taking the perks and culture for granted, which is not a good trend.
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