Meta

Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 7, 2025

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Quick screening with recruiter for 20-30 minutes, questions about my background, work experience, etc.

Next was a live coding session. There were 1 medium and 1 hard LeetCode question. You had 30 minutes for both.

Questions

I was asked about the technical details of one of my projects.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1,861 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive54%

Neutral30%

Negative16%

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

Meta Work Experiences

Excellent Environment, Minor Space

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Good environment, good food, good life.

Cons: Nothing bad, only less space.

Excellent Environment, Minor Space

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Good environment, good food, good life.

Cons: Nothing bad, only less space.

Rightly rewarded for hard work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Well-defined culture and processes

Cons: A lot of peer pressure

Rightly rewarded for hard work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Well-defined culture and processes

Cons: A lot of peer pressure

Absolutely Perfect Role

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Best job in the world, for sure.

Cons: There are none. I can't think of any.

Absolutely Perfect Role

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Best job in the world, for sure.

Cons: There are none. I can't think of any.

Excellent Environment, Minor Space

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Good environment, good food, good life.

Cons: Nothing bad, only less space.

5.0
Excellent Environment, Minor Space
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 8, 2025
Pros: Good environment, good food, good life.
Cons: Nothing bad, only less space.

Rightly rewarded for hard work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Well-defined culture and processes

Cons: A lot of peer pressure

4.0
Rightly rewarded for hard work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
March 13, 2021
Pros: Well-defined culture and processes
Cons: A lot of peer pressure

Absolutely Perfect Role

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Best job in the world, for sure.

Cons: There are none. I can't think of any.

5.0
Absolutely Perfect Role
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
June 9, 2025
Pros: Best job in the world, for sure.
Cons: There are none. I can't think of any.

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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