Meta

Software Engineer Interview Experience

May 18, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Classic SWE loop with heavy emphasis on code speed, system design, and behavioral. If you want to level higher, focus on system design and behavioral. Those rounds are used to level you.

Questions

Tell me about a time…

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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

Awesome place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Things are looking optimistic and hopeful.

Cons: High-pressure work environment and high learning curve.

Awesome place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Things are looking optimistic and hopeful.

Cons: High-pressure work environment and high learning curve.

Learned Much, Then Departed

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Good place to work and learn

Cons: Did my job and left.

Learned Much, Then Departed

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Good place to work and learn

Cons: Did my job and left.

Yep, what you'd expect

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: BigCorp, as expected. Great pay and benefits. Family well taken care of. Fair work-life balance, as long as greed doesn’t tempt you.

Cons: They dangle that carrot very well. It’s just one more hour of work… right?

Yep, what you'd expect

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: BigCorp, as expected. Great pay and benefits. Family well taken care of. Fair work-life balance, as long as greed doesn’t tempt you.

Cons: They dangle that carrot very well. It’s just one more hour of work… right?

Awesome place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Things are looking optimistic and hopeful.

Cons: High-pressure work environment and high learning curve.

5.0
Awesome place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
July 27, 2023
Pros: Things are looking optimistic and hopeful.
Cons: High-pressure work environment and high learning curve.

Learned Much, Then Departed

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Good place to work and learn

Cons: Did my job and left.

5.0
Learned Much, Then Departed
Software Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
June 19, 2024
Pros: Good place to work and learn
Cons: Did my job and left.

Yep, what you'd expect

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: BigCorp, as expected. Great pay and benefits. Family well taken care of. Fair work-life balance, as long as greed doesn’t tempt you.

Cons: They dangle that carrot very well. It’s just one more hour of work… right?

5.0
Yep, what you'd expect
Software Engineer • Current Employee
May 20, 2024
Pros: BigCorp, as expected. Great pay and benefits. Family well taken care of. Fair work-life balance, as long as greed doesn’t tempt you.
Cons: They dangle that carrot very well. It’s just one more hour of work… right?

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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