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Meta Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started like a typical screening path—recruiter outreach, then a technical interview that mixed coding with networking fundamentals.

For the coding portion, I had two LeetCode-style questions and a follow-up, and I was able to explain my approach clearly enough to feel in control. The part that surprised me was how deep the networking discussion went compared to what I expected.

In that networking segment, the interviewer dug into foundational TCP/IP-style concepts and low-level fundamentals. I remember answering some pieces well, but other areas were more detailed than I’d planned for, and it started to feel like my weak spots were very visible. It didn’t help that one earlier stage expected a focus on both OS/networking

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