Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
February 1, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
After talking on the phone with the recruiter, I was invited for a coding interview.
The coding question was easy, requiring the use of recursion to solve it. However, time was quite tight.
I could not finish the code in time because I spoke too much with the interviewers.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 106 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
17%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive54%
Neutral31%
Negative15%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Meta Work Experiences
4.0
Great tooling, weird culture, awesome benefits and salary
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
October 9, 2020
Pros: Top-of-industry compensation and benefits.
Tons of incredibly smart people across a wide range of areas. Combine this with a culture that encourages cross-pollination and collaboration between teams, and you get a great opportunity for learning.
Tooling is one of the best I've seen/heard of in the industry if you're in the right org. But if you go to Oculus, for example, the tooling is far behind.
Cons: There are a lot of entitled people and SJWs.
Public opinion is really bad.
Work/life balance can get pretty bad in certain teams.
Engineering still feels a bit hacky in certain places.
4.0
Smart Colleagues, High Pay
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
June 27, 2025
Pros: Pays well and has lots of smart people.
Cons: Should be a little less stressful.
3.0
My experience as a Software Engineer at Facebook
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 29, 2019
Pros: - Anything related to perks
- Mobility within the company/offices
- A lot of growth opportunity
- Many users use the products you work on
Cons: - Performance Review Cycle
- Up or out promotion policy
- Due to the above two, work-life balance
- 4.0Great tooling, weird culture, awesome benefits and salarySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 9, 2020Pros: Top-of-industry compensation and benefits. Tons of incredibly smart people across a wide range of areas. Combine this with a culture that encourages cross-pollination and collaboration between teams, and you get a great opportunity for learning. Tooling is one of the best I've seen/heard of in the industry if you're in the right org. But if you go to Oculus, for example, the tooling is far behind.Cons: There are a lot of entitled people and SJWs. Public opinion is really bad. Work/life balance can get pretty bad in certain teams. Engineering still feels a bit hacky in certain places.
- 4.0Smart Colleagues, High PaySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJune 27, 2025Pros: Pays well and has lots of smart people.Cons: Should be a little less stressful.
- 3.0My experience as a Software Engineer at FacebookSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 29, 2019Pros: - Anything related to perks - Mobility within the company/offices - A lot of growth opportunity - Many users use the products you work onCons: - Performance Review Cycle - Up or out promotion policy - Due to the above two, work-life balance
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