Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

October 28, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Not too bad. It was medium to hard LeetCode questions, a fair amount of DSA.

Had a systems design question, so prep a lot on that.

It was whiteboarding. The interviewer did give advice in terms of hinting, but not the answer.

Questions

What is the Big O of the algorithm and how to improve it?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 199 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

18%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United Kingdom is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive58%

Neutral26%

Negative16%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Medium

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

Easy

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

Medium

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.

Trees