Great Pay, Smart People, Horrible Company Culture
Great Pay, Smart People, Horrible Company Culture
Pay and benefits are excellent. The company is full of very smart people.
Even as a non-senior engineer, politics are impossible to avoid. You may not even realize you're wrapped up in them because they happen so far above you.
You will have to constantly chase "impact," which may be difficult to quantify depending on your team and function.
Lower-level team culture is good, but the company "values" are a farce and non-existent.
Do not speak up against changes within the company. You will be retaliated against, and Meta will mask retaliation as layoffs or performance-based attrition.
The disconnect between upper and lower management causes layoffs and inefficiency.
Upper management seems quite out of touch with reality.
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Software Engineer (IC4)
The interview process covers classic LeetCode problems, system design, and behavioral questions. It's quite easy to master with some practice, as the questions tend to be repetitive. After passing the interviews, the recruiters were incredibly rude.
Associate Software Engineer
There were 3 rounds for the contract, including 2 technical rounds with LeetCode-style Python. There was a phone screen, and the interview was on a coding sharepad. It was good to meet the manager and 2 team members.
Software Engineer
The interviewers were very friendly and flexible. They all asked LeetCode medium questions. There were no tricky algorithms or data structures. The whole process took about four weeks from start to finish. Overall, it was a positive experience.
Software Engineer (IC4)
FranceJuly 10, 2024The interview process covers classic LeetCode problems, system design, and behavioral questions. It's quite easy to master with some practice, as the questions tend to be repetitive. After passing the interviews, the recruiters were incredibly rude.
Associate Software Engineer
Burlingame, California, United StatesDecember 10, 2025There were 3 rounds for the contract, including 2 technical rounds with LeetCode-style Python. There was a phone screen, and the interview was on a coding sharepad. It was good to meet the manager and 2 team members.
Software Engineer
Burlingame, California, United StatesJuly 24, 2026The interviewers were very friendly and flexible. They all asked LeetCode medium questions. There were no tricky algorithms or data structures. The whole process took about four weeks from start to finish. Overall, it was a positive experience.
