Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
November 1, 2010
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The first interview was an easy programming question, where mostly everyone can pass to the next round.
The second interview was a little bit harder, using recursion to generate all possible words with DFS backtracking. The interviewers were not very friendly.
Questions
Implement the div operator without using / or %.
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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
Good, getting worse
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
July 15, 2025
Pros: Good pay (but dropping, especially relative to competitors), great benefits, interesting work, smart coworkers.
Cons: Overly intense performance management,
career growth opportunities slowing down.
1.0
They let me go randomly
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 12, 2022
Pros: Good salary, remote, friendly. They reallocate you. You can join any time you want. Good benefits.
Cons: They lay you off randomly. Horrible work-life balance; you need to work fast, and if something breaks, it's your fault.
4.0
Very high starting point to join as a new grad
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 15, 2019
Pros: Nice perks, friendly working environment.
Cons: Work-life balance is poor.
- 4.0Good, getting worseSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJuly 15, 2025Pros: Good pay (but dropping, especially relative to competitors), great benefits, interesting work, smart coworkers.Cons: Overly intense performance management, career growth opportunities slowing down.
- 1.0They let me go randomlySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 12, 2022Pros: Good salary, remote, friendly. They reallocate you. You can join any time you want. Good benefits.Cons: They lay you off randomly. Horrible work-life balance; you need to work fast, and if something breaks, it's your fault.
- 4.0Very high starting point to join as a new gradSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 15, 2019Pros: Nice perks, friendly working environment.Cons: Work-life balance is poor.
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