Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.4 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 45.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Developer roles take an average of 19 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 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Developer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
Skills test: 33%
Presentation: 17%
Personality test: 8%
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The interview process was structured but had some significant issues. Initially, they asked for scans of personal documents before even proceeding to the technical interviews, which felt unnecessary at such an early stage, and I refused as it seemed pointless.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The process included a recruiter phone screen with standard screening questions about my previous experience and background
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Oct 2024
Interview
1. Recruiter Screen (30 min)
• Introductory chat to understand your background and career interests.
• They’ll explain the process and ask about your availability.
• Sometimes a light behavioral question or coding warm-up.
2. Technical Phone Screen (1 or 2 rounds, 45 min each)
• DSA-focused coding questions on a shared editor (like CoderPad).
• Think LeetCode Medium/Hard — expect 1-2 questions per round.
• Interviewers look for: problem-solving, communication, and clean coding.
3. Onsite / Virtual Onsite (typically 4 rounds)
Usually consists of:
• 2 Coding Interviews
• More DSA problems (trees, graphs, dynamic programming, etc.)
• Think-aloud and communicate trade-offs
• 1 System Design (for mid-senior level)
• Design a scalable system (e.g., news feed, messaging, file storage)
• Focus on API design, data modeling, scalability, trade-offs
• 1 Behavioral (“Execution” or “Leadership & Drive”)
• Meta uses structured behavioral interviews tied to values like:
• Move fast
• Focus on long-term impact
• Be bold
• STAR format is common (Situation, Task, Action, Result)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a stream of characters, design a data structure to check if any suffix of the stream matches a word from a predefined dictionary.
3 rounds coding and technical rounds and managerial rounds The Meta interview process typically involves a recruiter conversation, initial screening, and a full loop interview, with the goal of assessing technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and cultural fit.