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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

June 1, 2009
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Facebook is an unprofessional company to interview with. The first phone interviewer only wanted some insider information regarding my company (which I did not give to him). The second interviewer could not get the interviewing tool working! He wasted half an hour of my time before calling and telling me he would like to reschedule. So, I patiently rescheduled with HR for the next day.

The second interviewer then called 20 minutes late. He was fairly rude and capricious, saying he was in a hurry. He did not explain his problem correctly. When I explained my solution, he quickly tacked on some additional requirements and then said my solution did not work. The interview lasted only about 15 minutes. He mentioned that he worked on consistency problems at Facebook. Everybody knows how horrible the Facebook newsfeed consistency is.

Total time wasted with these people: 4 hours (over two weeks, not including recruiter time). Compensation offered for my time: none.

Conclusion: Run as fast as you can from this company.

Questions

How do you find sequences of consecutive integers in a list that add up to a particular number?

Given a score S, and individual points p1, p2, ..., pn, give all combinations of p that add up to S.

Reverse a linked list.

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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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