Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
August 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
First, it was a recruiter screening. The next step was a technical interview that consisted of a phone call with live coding. Had I made it past that round, I would have been doing an onsite interview.
Questions
Write a function that takes in a number and returns the English string representation of it.
- Inputting 12345 would return "twelve thousand three hundred forty-five".
- Inputting 14200375006 would return "fourteen billion two hundred million three hundred seventy-five thousand six".
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 80 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
9%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive46%
Neutral31%
Negative23%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Meta Work Experiences
4.0
Good Learning, Political Environment
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 23, 2025
Pros: Great learning opportunities, flexibility in team assignments (at least when I left).
Cons: Company politics are real. You need to ‘play the game’ sometimes.
5.0
Laid Back With Project Management Issues
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
February 8, 2021
Pros: Laid back, chill, great perks.
Cons: Project managers can be all over the place.
1.0
Hard Work, Difficult Environment
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 27, 2022
Pros: Work hard and decent benefits.
Cons: Hard work environment, very highly dependent on the team.
- 4.0Good Learning, Political EnvironmentSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 23, 2025Pros: Great learning opportunities, flexibility in team assignments (at least when I left).Cons: Company politics are real. You need to ‘play the game’ sometimes.
- 5.0Laid Back With Project Management IssuesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 8, 2021Pros: Laid back, chill, great perks.Cons: Project managers can be all over the place.
- 1.0Hard Work, Difficult EnvironmentSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 27, 2022Pros: Work hard and decent benefits.Cons: Hard work environment, very highly dependent on the team.
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