Meta Software Engineer interview experience

After a recruiter screen, I landed in full-loop interviews that mixed coding and design, and I had to adapt fast as the questions changed tone.

The coding rounds were LeetCode-style problem solving, and they weren’t light—there were multiple opportunities where I had to get through solutions efficiently under time pressure. System design also showed up as a real component, not a formality, and the behavioral interview required a clear STAR-style narrative about past experiences. Across the day-to-day flow, I felt there was a lot of variance in how interviewers accepted solutions, which made