Meta·Software Engineer

Meta Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

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

I spent a long stretch on this process—about two months—from the first recruiter call to the final decision.

It started with a 30-minute recruiter chat, then an online assessment with four questions. I didn’t end up finishing all four, but I still passed that stage.

After that, I had a technical screening with a LeetCode-style question, then the full onsite loop with two coding rounds, behavioral, and system design. The part that surprised me was what happened after the onsite: they scheduled a behavioral follow-up because they said I hadn’t shown a strong enough signal for areas like navigating ambiguity and driving results. I did the follow-up, but ultimately got rejected.

The only feedback I

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