Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
March 6, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Phone interview:
Two coding interviews include 4 LeetCode medium questions.
1 behavioral interview, with multiple questions to dive deep into the resume.
1 design interview: System design focus, API design. High-level and low-level.
Questions
LeetCode question in the meta tag
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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
5.0
Transparent Growth, Challenging Code
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 10, 2020
Pros: The job expectations and promotion progress feel very transparent at Facebook, and I feel that my manager has my best interests in mind. I receive plenty of help from senior engineers and feel that I am progressing well as a programmer.
My team also agrees to work 40-hour weeks, which is not what I was expecting before coming here (excluding on-call).
Cons: I work on a ton of refactoring, so having to understand undocumented and poorly written code can be a pain.
When I am on call, I can be paged to fix the production service after work hours, though I haven't been paged while sleeping yet.
5.0
Supportive Growth, Minor Pressure
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
September 22, 2016
Pros: The perks are amazing.
Transparency and openness of policy, leadership, and codebase.
Props to leadership admitting to their faults/failures and working to learn from them.
Supporting your growth – personal and professional.
Cons: New managers in transition, but that's inevitable.
Pressure to work more – this is very team-dependent. Despite efforts to say work however you like, if many people on your team are working throughout the night, it's hard not to feel the pressure.
Open office space isn't for everyone – where's my flow state? This has improved with more and more rooms being allocated for personal use and the ability to update work status.
The Seattle office is older than MPK.
3.0
Challenging but rewarding
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 6, 2025
Pros: Pays well and teaches valuable skills.
Cons: Lack of job security.
Management isn't afraid to apply pressure.
- 5.0Transparent Growth, Challenging CodeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 10, 2020Pros: The job expectations and promotion progress feel very transparent at Facebook, and I feel that my manager has my best interests in mind. I receive plenty of help from senior engineers and feel that I am progressing well as a programmer. My team also agrees to work 40-hour weeks, which is not what I was expecting before coming here (excluding on-call).Cons: I work on a ton of refactoring, so having to understand undocumented and poorly written code can be a pain. When I am on call, I can be paged to fix the production service after work hours, though I haven't been paged while sleeping yet.
- 5.0Supportive Growth, Minor PressureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 22, 2016Pros: The perks are amazing. Transparency and openness of policy, leadership, and codebase. Props to leadership admitting to their faults/failures and working to learn from them. Supporting your growth – personal and professional.Cons: New managers in transition, but that's inevitable. Pressure to work more – this is very team-dependent. Despite efforts to say work however you like, if many people on your team are working throughout the night, it's hard not to feel the pressure. Open office space isn't for everyone – where's my flow state? This has improved with more and more rooms being allocated for personal use and the ability to update work status. The Seattle office is older than MPK.
- 3.0Challenging but rewardingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 6, 2025Pros: Pays well and teaches valuable skills.Cons: Lack of job security. Management isn't afraid to apply pressure.
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