Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
Process
Initially, there was a screening process. After receiving a referral, the recruiter contacted me and asked some non-technical questions. Following that, I had the first technical interview.
I performed well and advanced to the next stage. However, in the second interview, my performance was not as strong, and I believe that's why I did not receive an offer.
Questions
In the first interview, I had two questions:
One was about detecting a palindrome in a string that contains punctuation (which should be ignored). The second question was about making a string balanced in parentheses.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 37 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer (Internship) role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in London, the United Kingdom is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Exceptional Experience At MetaSoftware Engineer (Internship) • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 27, 2022Pros: Everything is fine at Meta.Cons: I love working at Meta; I do not provide any cons.
- 5.0Great opportunity to learn a lotProduction Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomApril 20, 2025Pros: Challenging problems to solve, grow both technical and collaborative skills.Cons: A stressful environment can overwhelm you if you don’t prepare for it.
- 2.0Toxic Culture, Great PayMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomJune 26, 2023Pros: Best pay and benefits you can get in the UK tech sector from mid to senior IC positions.Cons: The performance review tends to set employees against each other. Although it's not everywhere, as some teams manage to create great collectives, the status quo always degenerates into a rat race where you do not know whether your colleagues are peers or competitors. It's very toxic. There is no accountability from leadership. From mid to C-Level, they cannot figure out a proper strategy, avoid making decisions, and then blame ICs for poor performance. (Heard of the year of efficiency, increased intensity, yeah, all that.) The company is the most US-centric, which treats London like a dumpster for projects Americans do not want to do and takes away successful projects created here. The tech stack is all internal, so it can set your career back in certain domains like data and ML.
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