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      Software Engineer Interview

      18 Aug 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Mountain View, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2010

      Interview

      I was referred to Facebook by a friend and the hiring recruiter emailed me the next day. He asked for the resume saying that he will send it over to the hiring manager. Next day, the recruiter asked for the convenient days and time to call, and called me the following day. He explained the hiring process, asked me about myself and what I did/do. Then, a week later, I had technical phone interview with a FB employee. We had a session in Google Docs set up. She first asked me about myself a little and asked one technical question. I had to write C/C++ code in Google Docs while explaining what I do on the phone. It was quite hard actually. Not even the question itself but the whole experience, you feel bad if you make a typo (and i did many silly typos that I usually do not make when writing code), because she can see your typing in real time. Also, you cannot debug or anything.. In the end, to understand my idea of a solution, she gave me an example input and asked to traverse it using my code. After getting an idea she said, ok, almost correct, you could find a bug in 10 mins, ya, but we gotta end now. Next day the original recruiter emailed me saying that they wouldn't take me. It seems they needed the correct solution and code to be done on the fly in 25 mins.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given a set of integers, print out all its subsets. Write C/C++ code to solve it.
      3 Answers

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      Software Engineer Interview

      5 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      The entire process usually takes 3–8 weeks, depending on scheduling and the specific role. Coding interviews heavily emphasize common DSA topics such as arrays, strings, trees, graphs, BFS/DFS, heaps, hash maps, and dynamic programming. System design becomes increasingly important for E4+ positions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      1 Jun 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Meta

      Interview

      Unexpectedly, the first question in the technical round felt familiar. It was about finding a subset of strings with unique character concatenation — same problem I had worked through on PracHub a few days earlier. The interview included a recruiter screen followed by a rigorous pair of technical interviews where I tackled data structures and algorithms alongside system design concepts. After successfully answering a few more challenging DSA questions, I received an offer. The entire experience was intense but ultimately rewarding, and I happily accepted the position.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given an array of strings, pick a subset whose concatenation contains no duplicate characters, and return the maximum possible length of that concatenation.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      28 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Meta

      Interview

      Standard cookie cutter interview with a coding interview, a system design interview and culture interview. The coding part is basically leetcode. The system design is what you can find on many youtube videos. The culture one is more tricky as they want to see that you fit Meta's culture, not that you were doing great at your existing company. So skills like dealing with conflict without calling in managers is sought after.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      coding: I forgot, sorry system design: design ticketmaster culture: talk about past project; when you disagreed with a peer; how I resolved dissagreements, etc.
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