Meta IT·Software Engineer

Meta IT Software Engineer interview experience

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Sunnyvale, CAPosted Jul 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

What stood out most about my interview journey was how many rounds revolved around real-case problem solving.

It wasn’t just a single technical question—it felt like a repeated pattern of digging into scenarios and working through solutions grounded in practical cases.

Across those rounds, the difficulty matched that intensity: I was constantly in motion, trying to translate the scenario into an approach, reason it out, and keep the logic consistent. The experience wasn’t described as friendly or breezy; it was more demanding because the work was cumulative—each round built on the same style of thinking.

By the end, I felt drained in a very particular way: it wasn’t only about whether I could solve

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