I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY)
Interview
Initial recruiter call to discuss role and process, followed by two technical interview rounds focused on LeetCode-style questions ranging from medium to hard difficulty. Final recruiter call to present and discuss the offer after successful completion of the technical interview bracket.
no referral, directly applied online.
1 takehome with blue jean
2 technical rounds
- easy lc in first round
- easy-medium lc in second round
that was sufficient for intern level interview
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
First step in person (University recruiting), two coding problems at the blackboard and 5 minutes for questions to the interviewer.
Second step remotely. A quarter behavioural and the rest three quarters of an hour for 2 coding problems.
I felt a strong connection to the interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Motivations that brought me there.
Questions about SWEish experiences I had through my university career, both general (topic like particular challenges, collaboration) and more specific (experience with particular libraries).
Did the OA, the OA was 4 questions, passed, and then had an interview with a software engineer at Meta - still waiting to hear results back! I took it yesterday so fingers crossed
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 639 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(Internship) according to 639 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
Presentation: 24%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 7%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
Personality test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Group panel interview: 0%
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