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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

September 14, 2020

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone interview, remote.

Two questions came up that I had prepared for on LeetCode and performed well on previously.

Nerves got the better of me. I drew a blank trying to remember the solutions.

I stumbled my way through, explaining what I knew was wrong and failing to provide the correct solution.

I haven't heard back yet; I'm pretty sure I bombed.

Questions

Diagonal matrix (not zig-zag)

Common ancestor binary tree

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 206 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

17%

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

Positive57%

Neutral27%

Negative17%

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

Meta Work Experiences

Ideal Grad Training, Timezone Challenges

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 10, 2016

Pros: Excellent company for university graduates. Working with the best in the industry, who are always willing to help.

Cons: Working across timezones can be difficult for work-life balance.

Ideal Grad Training, Timezone Challenges

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 10, 2016

Pros: Excellent company for university graduates. Working with the best in the industry, who are always willing to help.

Cons: Working across timezones can be difficult for work-life balance.

Intense plate to work

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Paid more than any other job I've had.

Cons: I was working 12 hours a day at one point just to keep it.

Intense plate to work

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Paid more than any other job I've had.

Cons: I was working 12 hours a day at one point just to keep it.

Very bad experience

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Compensation is good, but that's the only thing.

Cons: 24-7 work, 24-7 work, 24-7 work.

Very bad experience

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Compensation is good, but that's the only thing.

Cons: 24-7 work, 24-7 work, 24-7 work.

Ideal Grad Training, Timezone Challenges

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 10, 2016

Pros: Excellent company for university graduates. Working with the best in the industry, who are always willing to help.

Cons: Working across timezones can be difficult for work-life balance.

5.0
Ideal Grad Training, Timezone Challenges
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
September 10, 2016
Pros: Excellent company for university graduates. Working with the best in the industry, who are always willing to help.
Cons: Working across timezones can be difficult for work-life balance.

Intense plate to work

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Paid more than any other job I've had.

Cons: I was working 12 hours a day at one point just to keep it.

3.0
Intense plate to work
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
May 24, 2024
Pros: Paid more than any other job I've had.
Cons: I was working 12 hours a day at one point just to keep it.

Very bad experience

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Compensation is good, but that's the only thing.

Cons: 24-7 work, 24-7 work, 24-7 work.

1.0
Very bad experience
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
March 1, 2025
Pros: Compensation is good, but that's the only thing.
Cons: 24-7 work, 24-7 work, 24-7 work.

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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