Meta·Software Engineer

Meta Software Engineer interview experience

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Posted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ended up in a fairly tough but organized process that started with a recruiter connection and then moved into a coding screen.

The coding portion felt like a real test: it was whiteboarding, the problems were medium to hard, and there was a noticeable amount of DSA involved.

At some point, I also encountered a systems-design style question. I had prepared for that, and it helped, but the format was still hands-on and interactive—when I got stuck, the interviewer would offer hints rather than just tell me the answer. In the end, I wasn’t consistent enough to progress in one telling version of the process. In my experience the overall timeline was quick though, and I did hear back the next day after the interview in

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