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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

April 1, 2011
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Process

Since I had some industry experience, after my phone screens, I had the full onsite interview loop. All interviews involve some coding, but they vary in how much:

  • Ninja (coding) interviews: These two interviews are garden-variety programming interviews and can be prepped pretty much the same way you'd prep for Google or any other major software company.
  • Jedi (engineering fit) interview: This interview is designed to assess whether you'll thrive in Facebook's engineering team. You'll talk about problems you've worked through in the past, engineering decisions you've made, and so forth. You'll likely do some coding, too.
  • Pirate (engineering design) interview: If you're in the product-engineering bucket, you'll probably be asked to design a user-facing product. The interview will range from actual coding to high-level design considerations. New-grad hires (people without significant industry experience) will generally not have pirates.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 78 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in Palo Alto, California.

Success Rate

13%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%
Neutral36%
Negative21%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.

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