I was selected for an on-campus screening interview. The interview was pretty easy compared to other companies.
After the initial icebreakers, I was asked an open-ended question related to my area of interest, followed by two coding questions to be solved on paper. These were basic questions testing if you can write code and know data structures.
I was informed within a couple of hours that I was selected for an on-site interview.
The process of selecting dates, flights, and hotels was smooth.
There were about 30-40 other new grad candidates and interns on the day of the interview. Every new grad had just three coding interviews, one of which was a behavioral interview to check if the candidate would be a good fit. The other two were "ninja coding" interviews.
I had two coding questions in the behavioral round, which I answered well. I had two questions in the first ninja round, which were pretty easy, and I coded pretty quickly but messed up a basic thing in the first question. I had time for only one question in the second ninja round. This was the only tougher question in the interviews, and I got the ideal answer in the end but didn't have time to finish the coding part.
I think the basic mistakes in the second and third interviews messed up my chances. I feel the company places importance on how fast you come up with a perfect answer. That's why the questions are simple. So, you are expected to be quick-thinking and not mess up something so simple.
There was lunch, an awesome tour of the campus, and two tech talks after the interviews. This was one of the best interview days I had this season (I have had four on-site interviews so far). It wasn't an all-day long torture of interviews, and the pretty awesome talks and tour gave an inside view of the company. I would interview again if given a chance!
I would not give the actual questions, given the NDA I signed.
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineering New Grad role in Menlo Park, California.
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineering New Grad roles in Menlo Park, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineering New Grad interview process in Menlo Park, California.