Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 43 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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For phone screen the questions are very typical like leetcode style questions. Meta does not ask DP questions in my observations, Practice Meta tagged questions on leetcode. Time is critical should be able to solve 2 questions in 45 mins
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a binary tree, return level order traversal.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2025
Interview
Initial recuiter call followed by take coding assessment(different from leetcode type questions, pre-defined levels of questions and each level un-locks after all the test cases are passed), phone screen and virtual on-site interview(3 coding and 1 system design).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about the current experience and medium level leetcode problems
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Austin, TX)
Interview
For the screening round, I was asked two leetcode style questions. I got both of them right.
I was not informed about the result for about a month. Then I got a reject. This was likely because of my immigration status.