Meta Software Engineer interview experience

After scheduling, I ended up with two LeetCode-style coding rounds that were described as easy, and then a more straightforward “normal” assessment that also included a component based on my previous project work. The biggest constraint was time: it wasn’t really about wrestling with hard problems so much as moving quickly, finishing the code fast, and leaving enough time for the rest of the prompts.

Even with the time pressure, the overall difficulty landed in the easy category compared with other companies I’d seen. I didn’t feel like the questions were trying to trick me—they were more