Meta Software Engineer interview experience

I was honestly caught off guard in a good way because the exact problem had appeared in my algorithm practice during prep.

The interview felt more straightforward than I’d expected for a well-known tech giant. The overall experience was decent and I felt prepared enough to handle it, but it ultimately didn’t lead to an offer because I chose to decline—the role wasn’t aligned with my priorities at the time.

So while the interview itself went reasonably well, the final reflection was that fit matters just as much as performance, and timing can make the “right” interview still the wrong