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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

July 1, 2016

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by an interviewer on LinkedIn. Since I live in Seattle, I was called onsite for a 45-minute preliminary round. HR received me and gave me an office tour. Then, I was introduced to the interviewer.

The interviewer was young and energetic. They asked me a question about binary trees, and I was able to answer the question and write code quickly.

The next day, I was contacted by a recruiter saying they wanted to schedule another interview before calling me onsite. This time, I asked for a phone interview.

The second interviewer asked another question related to trees. I was able to solve the problem and write code in 40 minutes.

Later, HR contacted me and said the interviewers were not happy with me. I'm not sure what they were expecting. HR said they couldn't tell me the reason for rejection due to legal reasons. It seems like they just want young engineers who can just code.

Questions

Questions around BinaryTree and BinaryServiceTrees

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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

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Cons: - Engineering processes can be chaotic due to the rapid growth of the company.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: In FB, you work hard, but FB also works hard to make you happy.

Cons: - Engineering processes can be chaotic due to the rapid growth of the company.

Coming up on a year employed, and I'm finally getting my sea legs.

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Seattle, Washington, United States

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Pros: Incredible group of talented, creative, and motivated people. A company with a vision and a set of products that you can get behind -- morally and technically. Plentiful opportunities for advancement. Creativity is very highly appreciated.

Cons: Sometimes Facebook feels like barely organized chaos, but it somehow works! A huge part of the culture is bottom-up; the day-to-day, week-to-week direction really does flow from the employees much more than the management. It took a while to get used to the open spaces and the diverse campus locations, but I'm used to it now (a year in), and again, it doesn't really get in the way that much.

Coming up on a year employed, and I'm finally getting my sea legs.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 20, 2016

Pros: Incredible group of talented, creative, and motivated people. A company with a vision and a set of products that you can get behind -- morally and technically. Plentiful opportunities for advancement. Creativity is very highly appreciated.

Cons: Sometimes Facebook feels like barely organized chaos, but it somehow works! A huge part of the culture is bottom-up; the day-to-day, week-to-week direction really does flow from the employees much more than the management. It took a while to get used to the open spaces and the diverse campus locations, but I'm used to it now (a year in), and again, it doesn't really get in the way that much.

Great Company, Proprietary Tech

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Great company to work in.

Cons: A lot of technologies used in the company are internal to it. So you might not find a use for them if you end up leaving the company.

Great Company, Proprietary Tech

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Great company to work in.

Cons: A lot of technologies used in the company are internal to it. So you might not find a use for them if you end up leaving the company.

All good here

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: In FB, you work hard, but FB also works hard to make you happy.

Cons: - Engineering processes can be chaotic due to the rapid growth of the company.

5.0
All good here
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 10, 2017
Pros: In FB, you work hard, but FB also works hard to make you happy.
Cons: - Engineering processes can be chaotic due to the rapid growth of the company.

Coming up on a year employed, and I'm finally getting my sea legs.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 20, 2016

Pros: Incredible group of talented, creative, and motivated people. A company with a vision and a set of products that you can get behind -- morally and technically. Plentiful opportunities for advancement. Creativity is very highly appreciated.

Cons: Sometimes Facebook feels like barely organized chaos, but it somehow works! A huge part of the culture is bottom-up; the day-to-day, week-to-week direction really does flow from the employees much more than the management. It took a while to get used to the open spaces and the diverse campus locations, but I'm used to it now (a year in), and again, it doesn't really get in the way that much.

5.0
Coming up on a year employed, and I'm finally getting my sea legs.
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
October 20, 2016
Pros: Incredible group of talented, creative, and motivated people. A company with a vision and a set of products that you can get behind -- morally and technically. Plentiful opportunities for advancement. Creativity is very highly appreciated.
Cons: Sometimes Facebook feels like barely organized chaos, but it somehow works! A huge part of the culture is bottom-up; the day-to-day, week-to-week direction really does flow from the employees much more than the management. It took a while to get used to the open spaces and the diverse campus locations, but I'm used to it now (a year in), and again, it doesn't really get in the way that much.

Great Company, Proprietary Tech

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: Great company to work in.

Cons: A lot of technologies used in the company are internal to it. So you might not find a use for them if you end up leaving the company.

5.0
Great Company, Proprietary Tech
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
April 10, 2025
Pros: Great company to work in.
Cons: A lot of technologies used in the company are internal to it. So you might not find a use for them if you end up leaving the company.

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Given a string with parentheses, determine the minimum number of parentheses you must remove to make the string valid. A valid string has balanced and properly nested parentheses.

StringsStacksTwo Pointers

Valid Word Abbreviation

Determine if a given abbreviation is valid for a given word. An abbreviation can contain digits representing the number of skipped characters.

StringsTwo Pointers

Binary Tree Vertical Order Traversal

Traverse a binary tree and return a list of node values for each vertical line, ordered from left to right. Nodes on the same vertical line should be ordered from top to bottom.

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