Meta

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

October 1, 2013

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I started with a friendly talk with the recruiter. Then, I had one phone screen and four on-site interviews. Everyone I spoke with, including the recruiter, was very smart, friendly, and engaging. I definitely felt their commitment to their roles, even as interviewers.

There was nothing unexpected in the interviews, so don't be afraid of the horror stories out there. If you're good, you should do okay.

Questions

Nothing unexpected. Keep reading, studying, solving problems, and coding on your daily job, and you should be able to get it.

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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

Bottoms-up culture makes for easy operation

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

September 16, 2023

Pros: Once you figure out the culture, it’s very easy to get things done at Meta. While middle management is very fear-driven and incremental in their explicit direction, they will never punish you for making them look good in a way they didn’t mandate. Figure out what the business actually needs, go do it, and get rewarded.

Cons: Product engineers can’t plan anything, especially multi-half work. It’s a sad sight.

Bottoms-up culture makes for easy operation

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

September 16, 2023

Pros: Once you figure out the culture, it’s very easy to get things done at Meta. While middle management is very fear-driven and incremental in their explicit direction, they will never punish you for making them look good in a way they didn’t mandate. Figure out what the business actually needs, go do it, and get rewarded.

Cons: Product engineers can’t plan anything, especially multi-half work. It’s a sad sight.

Great place to grow, but worse work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

November 8, 2021

Pros: Learn new things; it's easy to switch teams.

Cons: The work-life balance is rarely good for all teams.

Great place to grow, but worse work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

November 8, 2021

Pros: Learn new things; it's easy to switch teams.

Cons: The work-life balance is rarely good for all teams.

Decent pay, but useless direction from the top

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 29, 2023

Pros: Pay is pretty decent for SWEs.

Cons: Leadership doesn't provide useful directions.

Decent pay, but useless direction from the top

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 29, 2023

Pros: Pay is pretty decent for SWEs.

Cons: Leadership doesn't provide useful directions.

Bottoms-up culture makes for easy operation

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

September 16, 2023

Pros: Once you figure out the culture, it’s very easy to get things done at Meta. While middle management is very fear-driven and incremental in their explicit direction, they will never punish you for making them look good in a way they didn’t mandate. Figure out what the business actually needs, go do it, and get rewarded.

Cons: Product engineers can’t plan anything, especially multi-half work. It’s a sad sight.

5.0
Bottoms-up culture makes for easy operation
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
September 16, 2023
Pros: Once you figure out the culture, it’s very easy to get things done at Meta. While middle management is very fear-driven and incremental in their explicit direction, they will never punish you for making them look good in a way they didn’t mandate. Figure out what the business actually needs, go do it, and get rewarded.
Cons: Product engineers can’t plan anything, especially multi-half work. It’s a sad sight.

Great place to grow, but worse work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

November 8, 2021

Pros: Learn new things; it's easy to switch teams.

Cons: The work-life balance is rarely good for all teams.

4.0
Great place to grow, but worse work-life balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 8, 2021
Pros: Learn new things; it's easy to switch teams.
Cons: The work-life balance is rarely good for all teams.

Decent pay, but useless direction from the top

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 29, 2023

Pros: Pay is pretty decent for SWEs.

Cons: Leadership doesn't provide useful directions.

3.0
Decent pay, but useless direction from the top
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
October 29, 2023
Pros: Pay is pretty decent for SWEs.
Cons: Leadership doesn't provide useful directions.

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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