Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Feb 2017
Interview
Applied online, they responded within a week, set up a time to discuss about the positions available. I got a call sharply at the mentioned time, she told me about the type of work they do at Facebook, asked me about my interests and at the end told me to prepare for the initial technical screening.
I scheduled it two weeks later. Got a call from the interviewer, he introduced himself, told me briefly the work he does at Facebook and then asked me to open the coderpad link that I got from email. I was asked 1 standard programming question, the call lasted about 40mins, at the end he asked me if I have any questions and concluded the interview. Still waiting for their feedback (its been only 2 days now)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Max occurrence letter in a string. [Kept on adding constraints like ignore spaces, special characters, case insensitive..] Later asked about space and time complexities
Generic LeetCode-style questions, many tagged as Meta, so extensive preparation is required to perform well in the technical interview. The experience varies significantly - some interviewers provide hints and guidance, while others expect candidates to solve problems independently with minimal assistance.
Spoke with interviewer over video conferencing. He was very communicative . He answered my questions. Asked me BFS question. A question that involved BFS search. Given a matrix, I am suppose to find a path from top left to down right.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question that involved BFS search. Given a matrix, I am suppose to find a path from top left to down right.
The technical round hit me with a classic array manipulation problem: moving zeroes to the end without disrupting the order of non-zero elements. As I tackled it, I felt a wave of familiarity wash over me; I had just practiced a similar challenge on PracHub. The rest of the interview followed a straightforward path, with some easy behavioral questions sprinkled in. Overall, it felt very easy, but I wasn’t quite the right fit for what they needed, so I didn’t receive an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Move zeroes in an array to the end while keeping non-zero element order, in place