Sr. Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

September 1, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The leadership has unrealistic expectations. They've moved the bar so high that if you don't answer perfectly to all the questions, they will reject you. The whole process felt like a waste of time.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Meta Sr. Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

11%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Sr. Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive44%

Neutral33%

Negative22%

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

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Medium

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

Easy

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

Medium

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.

Trees