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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Initial phone screen then onsite, multiple problems from meta leetcode tagged. Each coding interview consists of 2 medium / hard problems. System design was very tricky and hard to prepare for
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Meta (Zurich) in Jan 2025
Interview
I found the interview very interesting. It was not too long but also not too small. The interviewer was nice. We started talking about my ambitions and then they asked me about my experience and why I wanted to work at Meta.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Very strange behavioral interview questions where the interviewer was asking about times I had demonstrated leadership qualities but then disagreed with me about the definition of leadership, was strange to get after successful technical rounds. LC Mediums and Hards prepared me well for those portions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you have demonstrated leadership qualities