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Software Engineering Interview Experience

September 15, 2016

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first interviewer was nice, but the second one was kind of condescending.

The second interviewer was from the People Engineering team (basically HR).

I didn't get the offer, although I got both questions right.

The second interviewer said, "I think we have good results," giving me false hopes. I guess my thought process was not good enough for them.

Facebook is becoming more mechanical in its interview process. I am sure they receive tons of applicants.

The recruiter followed back with an obvious template that said, "Thanks for visiting us," although I only had phone interviews.

Questions

Array manipulation stuff

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 119 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineering role in United States.

Success Rate

27%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive71%

Neutral19%

Negative10%

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

Meta Work Experiences

Fast-paced With Team Flexibility

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Fast-moving, good benefits. The hours aren't as awful as some tech companies (looking at you, Palantir). Lots of flexibility to move teams, etc.

Cons: It's hard to stand out from everyone else. There are a lot of talented people around with often the same ideas.

Fast-paced With Team Flexibility

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Fast-moving, good benefits. The hours aren't as awful as some tech companies (looking at you, Palantir). Lots of flexibility to move teams, etc.

Cons: It's hard to stand out from everyone else. There are a lot of talented people around with often the same ideas.

Great Colleagues, Project Ended

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Great colleagues, amazing atmosphere on a workplace, and a very nice environment.

Cons: The project I was working on has ended, and they couldn’t offer me further cooperation.

Great Colleagues, Project Ended

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Great colleagues, amazing atmosphere on a workplace, and a very nice environment.

Cons: The project I was working on has ended, and they couldn’t offer me further cooperation.

Extremely friendly. Learned a lot

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

October 20, 2020

Pros: - Fast-paced - Interesting projects - Lots to learn

Cons: - Imposter Syndrome - Intimidating at times

Extremely friendly. Learned a lot

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

October 20, 2020

Pros: - Fast-paced - Interesting projects - Lots to learn

Cons: - Imposter Syndrome - Intimidating at times

Fast-paced With Team Flexibility

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Fast-moving, good benefits. The hours aren't as awful as some tech companies (looking at you, Palantir). Lots of flexibility to move teams, etc.

Cons: It's hard to stand out from everyone else. There are a lot of talented people around with often the same ideas.

5.0
Fast-paced With Team Flexibility
Software Engineering • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
July 8, 2015
Pros: Fast-moving, good benefits. The hours aren't as awful as some tech companies (looking at you, Palantir). Lots of flexibility to move teams, etc.
Cons: It's hard to stand out from everyone else. There are a lot of talented people around with often the same ideas.

Great Colleagues, Project Ended

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Great colleagues, amazing atmosphere on a workplace, and a very nice environment.

Cons: The project I was working on has ended, and they couldn’t offer me further cooperation.

5.0
Great Colleagues, Project Ended
Software Engineering • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
July 24, 2016
Pros: Great colleagues, amazing atmosphere on a workplace, and a very nice environment.
Cons: The project I was working on has ended, and they couldn’t offer me further cooperation.

Extremely friendly. Learned a lot

Software Engineering • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

October 20, 2020

Pros: - Fast-paced - Interesting projects - Lots to learn

Cons: - Imposter Syndrome - Intimidating at times

5.0
Extremely friendly. Learned a lot
Software Engineering • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
October 20, 2020
Pros: - Fast-paced - Interesting projects - Lots to learn
Cons: - Imposter Syndrome - Intimidating at times

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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