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Meta Software Engineer interview experience

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Menlo Park, CAPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed earlier in the year and, after the technical round, the part that dragged wasn’t the interviews—it was the waiting.

I stayed in regular contact with the recruiter, but it took about 8 to 9 weeks before I heard back about the Engineering Leadership decision.

The recruiter updates made it clear there was backlog and that hiring for interns was limited at that point. It was a strange feeling: my technical round was already behind me, yet the process didn’t really move toward a clear close until much later.

I didn’t end up getting an offer, and the most memorable part for me was how the timeline stretched out. Even with steady communication, it still felt like I was in limbo for a long time after the

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