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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

November 1, 2017

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I talked to someone at a career fair, reached out to a recruiter, and had my first phone screen interview in two weeks.

A few days later, they said they would fly me in for an on-site interview.

The on-site day included a tour, product demos, lunch, and a panel of Software Engineers to answer questions.

Questions

Given an array of integers, find two integers that sum to zero.

How would you do it with three integers?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 46 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer (Internship) role in Menlo Park, California.

Success Rate

43%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Menlo Park, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive78%

Neutral20%

Negative2%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Menlo Park, California.

Meta Work Experiences

Exceptional Experience At Meta

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 27, 2022

Pros: Everything is fine at Meta.

Cons: I love working at Meta; I do not provide any cons.

Exceptional Experience At Meta

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 27, 2022

Pros: Everything is fine at Meta.

Cons: I love working at Meta; I do not provide any cons.

Good Pay, Long Hours

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 10, 2025

Pros: Salary and benefits are very good.

Cons: Hours can be very long.

Good Pay, Long Hours

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 10, 2025

Pros: Salary and benefits are very good.

Cons: Hours can be very long.

Toxic Culture, Smart Colleagues

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

September 25, 2017

Pros: Good benefits, flexible work hours, and generally passionate and smart people.

Cons: Encountered lots of nasty things: a toxic environment, racism, favoritism, etc. Overall, not nearly as bad as Uber, but once you are a certain size and have been there long enough, you'll encounter these things. Talked to a bunch of people before I left. Management issues (incompetency) were very widespread, as FB favors internal promotions over outside hires.

Toxic Culture, Smart Colleagues

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

September 25, 2017

Pros: Good benefits, flexible work hours, and generally passionate and smart people.

Cons: Encountered lots of nasty things: a toxic environment, racism, favoritism, etc. Overall, not nearly as bad as Uber, but once you are a certain size and have been there long enough, you'll encounter these things. Talked to a bunch of people before I left. Management issues (incompetency) were very widespread, as FB favors internal promotions over outside hires.

Exceptional Experience At Meta

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 27, 2022

Pros: Everything is fine at Meta.

Cons: I love working at Meta; I do not provide any cons.

5.0
Exceptional Experience At Meta
Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
January 27, 2022
Pros: Everything is fine at Meta.
Cons: I love working at Meta; I do not provide any cons.

Good Pay, Long Hours

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

January 10, 2025

Pros: Salary and benefits are very good.

Cons: Hours can be very long.

4.0
Good Pay, Long Hours
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
January 10, 2025
Pros: Salary and benefits are very good.
Cons: Hours can be very long.

Toxic Culture, Smart Colleagues

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

September 25, 2017

Pros: Good benefits, flexible work hours, and generally passionate and smart people.

Cons: Encountered lots of nasty things: a toxic environment, racism, favoritism, etc. Overall, not nearly as bad as Uber, but once you are a certain size and have been there long enough, you'll encounter these things. Talked to a bunch of people before I left. Management issues (incompetency) were very widespread, as FB favors internal promotions over outside hires.

3.0
Toxic Culture, Smart Colleagues
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
September 25, 2017
Pros: Good benefits, flexible work hours, and generally passionate and smart people.
Cons: Encountered lots of nasty things: a toxic environment, racism, favoritism, etc. Overall, not nearly as bad as Uber, but once you are a certain size and have been there long enough, you'll encounter these things. Talked to a bunch of people before I left. Management issues (incompetency) were very widespread, as FB favors internal promotions over outside hires.

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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