Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California
September 16, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The process involved a couple of phone calls with recruiters and a one-hour, one-on-one onsite technical interview with another software engineer. Less than two hours after the onsite interview, the recruiter called to notify me of the result. The process was not fair.
Questions
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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.
Meta Work Experiences
5.0
Great people; amazing place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
March 15, 2010
Pros: The people here are both brilliant and humble, making for an incredibly collaborative environment for building awesome new stuff.
Management process is also great – very hands-off, lots of freedom for engineers to work on what they are interested in and make important decisions. Lots of trust and responsibility in engineers.
Cons: It is starting to get a little big and a little bit political, although I don't have much firsthand experience with the politics.
Split into multiple buildings again.
1.0
Zero work-life balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
August 23, 2021
Pros: Well-known company in the world.
Cons: Worst product team to start with
5.0
Tough place and amazing people
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
December 14, 2011
Pros: - Super smart people to work with.
- Again, super smart people.
- People are young and dynamic, always willing to help. No question is too dumb to ask; people always help you.
- Everybody working toward the same goal: making the company move forward.
- Lots of resources, easy to get machines allocated.
- Freedom to work on projects that you like.
- Food is awesome.
Cons: - Very challenging.
- Lots of work.
- Long hours.
- Not always clear communication from management.
- Lots of Kool-Aid and internal propaganda.
- Little recognition. Not too surprising, everybody's doing awesome stuff.
- 5.0Great people; amazing place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesMarch 15, 2010Pros: The people here are both brilliant and humble, making for an incredibly collaborative environment for building awesome new stuff. Management process is also great – very hands-off, lots of freedom for engineers to work on what they are interested in and make important decisions. Lots of trust and responsibility in engineers.Cons: It is starting to get a little big and a little bit political, although I don't have much firsthand experience with the politics. Split into multiple buildings again.
- 1.0Zero work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesAugust 23, 2021Pros: Well-known company in the world.Cons: Worst product team to start with
- 5.0Tough place and amazing peopleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesDecember 14, 2011Pros: - Super smart people to work with. - Again, super smart people. - People are young and dynamic, always willing to help. No question is too dumb to ask; people always help you. - Everybody working toward the same goal: making the company move forward. - Lots of resources, easy to get machines allocated. - Freedom to work on projects that you like. - Food is awesome.Cons: - Very challenging. - Lots of work. - Long hours. - Not always clear communication from management. - Lots of Kool-Aid and internal propaganda. - Little recognition. Not too surprising, everybody's doing awesome stuff.
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