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 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 2,263 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer according to 2,263 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Boston, MA) in Feb 2017
Interview
2 Technical phone interviews of 45 mins each.
Both the interviews consisted of 2 questions each.
The interviewers were nice and helpful and helped me to go in the right direction.Just remember one thing to think out loud and explain your approach by taking examples, this makes them understand your approach a little quicker.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Signed NDA, but the questions were of average difficulty.
If you do cracking the coding interviews and do some practice on leetcode you will find these questions pretty straightforward.
Also look out for question asked in the interviews of facebook (the ones asked for internships as well as for full-time), it will help a lot.
The process is straightforward and designed to help us get to know each other. It moves through a few stages at a comfortable pace, involves conversations with several team members, and focuses on making sure it's a good mutual fit.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Had an initial recuriter call and then scheduled a coding round with 2 leetcode questions. Practicing Meta-tagged leetcode questions would help prepare for this round. Interviewers expect clear communication and code.