Software Engineer 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 44% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
Skills test: 33%
Presentation: 17%
Personality test: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Online Assessment (OA)
Timed coding test (DSA problems)
Sometimes includes MCQs or debugging
Used as an initial filter
Technical Screen
1–2 live coding interviews
Data structures & algorithms
Focus on problem-solving and coding clarity
Initial Interviews
Behavioral + role-specific questions
Communication, collaboration, and culture fit
For tech roles, may include another coding or design round
I've got through 5 rounds of interviews. Interviewers are very likeable and nice. Overall it was a great journey but I didn't get the offer. I recommend everyone at least try some leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Design a web scale highly parallel web crawler
- Coding challenge on site: they asked me to wrote a minesweeper game.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
final round with two technical round and a system design and behavioral round. System design give out a typical system design questions. Technical round both are standard leetcode typical questions