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      Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 30, 2016
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Menlo Park, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Mar 2016

      Interview

      Started with two phone screens before an on-site interview. On-site interview was 4 rounds on 1:1 or 2:1 (in the case there was a shadowing interviewer) and includes lunch. On-site interview travel arrangements and reimbursements were handled by a contracted travel agency acting on behalf of Facebook. All my interviewers were very nice and professional. You will be hard pressed to find engineers with big egos here. The recruiters I worked with, on the other hand, mostly seemed like they had their act together. I thought my interviews went well – each of my on-site interviewers complimented me on my solutions, so I was surprised when my recruiter emailed me that I did not get an offer. Something fishy is definitely going on at Facebook. I am under the impression that their HR department is not completely honest with their candidates. If you sort the interviews by date on Glassdoor, you will notice that no one recently has been getting offers. I've been told by friends (inside and outside the company) that they thought Facebook wasn't even hiring anymore until the Fall... So I was definitely surprised when I was approached with the opportunity to interview with Facebook. I am at a loss of words after receiving my rejection despite the positive feedback my interviewers provided me. This experience has definitely deterred me from considering Facebook for future employment as it feels like I was brought through the process just so HR could justify their recruiting budget despite there being no job.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Candidates are required to sign an NDA preventing disclosure of questions.
      Answer question
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      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
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      Application

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      Took about a month altogether, which felt longer given the intensity of the process. Kicked off with a technical screening, followed by two rigorous coding interviews. The DSA question on binary tree vertical order traversal hit me hard at first, but then I recognized the prompt instantly — I had just worked through something similar on PracHub. The final round was focused on system design, and while I ended up receiving an offer, I ultimately declined it. Overall, a challenging experience that definitely sharpened my skills.

      Interview questions [1]

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      Jun 24, 2026
      Anonymous employee
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      Overall, the process took a little over two weeks, which felt a bit longer than I anticipated. After a quick screening, I went through two technical rounds focusing on coding and DSA concepts. One of the questions was a classic palindrome check; mid-way through, I realized it was something I had practiced on PracHub just days earlier. The final step was a casual behavioral interview. I was relieved to get an offer shortly after, which I happily accepted.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given a string, determine if it is a valid palindrome considering only alphanumeric characters and ignoring case.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 24, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Menlo Park, CA
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA)

      Interview

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      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design Twitter and consider if it was suddenly an extremely low latency env
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