Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California
Process
A recruiter contacted me. I performed a brief initial interview and then set up a follow-up interview with the manager of engineering, who gave an online interactive interview. The interview consisted of typing sudo-code solutions to various engineering questions into a web browser.
Questions
Explain the difference between a LEFT and RIGHT SQL JOIN.
In sudo-code, write a program that takes an integer called N and prints out the Fibonacci sequence to the Nth digit.
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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
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Palo Alto, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Open Culture, Ample FreedomSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesJuly 27, 2010Pros: - Wonderful food - A company culture encouraging absolute openness - No red tape, in terms of work, resources, people - Opportunities to get together with other employees to hack on what interests you - Freedom to work from home and to come into work wheneverCons: - Parking - Neighboring houses dislike us. - Terribly inefficient and a large number of emails. - Too much 'The Son of Man' around the office.
- 1.0Negative Experience, Poor ManagementSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesAugust 19, 2019Pros: No pros, no pros, no pros.Cons: Zuck is bad. Zuck is bad.
- 4.0Good Pay, Smart People, Poor CultureSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesApril 2, 2025Pros: Good pay, smart people, interesting problems.Cons: Work culture is poor. Over reliance on perf reviews. Stressful environment where it seems like a lot of work seems like it's done with very low real output
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