Software Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer according to 2,263 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Meta (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Dec 2015
Interview
They were very professional, they sent me a lot of emails on how to prepare to your interview for Facebook.
They made there an internet live sessions with current developers where you can ask questions about the process and about questions they may ask you in the interview.
First they make a phone interview where they ask a code question and you have about 40 minutes to answer.
There was only one thing I was unhappy about, in the live session before the phone interview they said there that the most important thing is to solve the problem they asked you, and only then try to improve your code, well in my interview I solved the problem in only 30 minutes but wouldn't able to improve code efficiency in the last 10 minutes, and a day later they sent me an email saying that it wasn't good enough.
well.. what can you do.. it's Facebook.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
you have a list of people, and a function that return true/false if one person knows the second person.
write a function that finds a VIP, which everybody knows and he doesn't know anybody else.
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.
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.