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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
Skills test: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Applied online, and received an invitation for phone screen the following day. Phone screen was 45 minutes long consisting of two LC style questions. Interviewer was very nice and generous with tips.
Its difficult. Especially the leetcode problems and the system design questions. The process also takes a long time with multiple rounds of interviews. one should be patient enough to go through the whole process dedicating a lot of time
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2025
Interview
I applied online, the recruiter reached out to me and have one phone screen adn then a panel with 4 rounds of interviews. The panel was scheduled in 2 days.