Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 144 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer according to 144 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 9%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 2%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (Mountain View, CA) in Jun 2016
Interview
The interview starts with a phone screen from a recruiter. It consists of a few basic multiple choice questions that any mid-level software developer should be able to answer easily. The next interview is online with a shared coder pad. The interviewer will be an engineer and they will give you about an hour to code a solution to an algorithms question. Be prepared to give optimization suggestions and runtime analysis. If you make it to the final round, you will be invited to go onsite. The onsite interview consists of 4-5 separate interviews and lunch. The technical questions are difficult. Be prepared with experience answering questions on a white board. Master all of the data structures and algorithms concepts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a nxn matrix of numbers 1-4 (drawn on the board), write an algorithm that will return the identifying number of the largest cluster in the matrix and the # of items in that cluster.
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