Meta Software Engineer interview experience

The overall structure was familiar—multiple rounds including DSA-style coding, a system design question, and behavioral—but it still felt difficult because the system design piece was where I fell short. I remember feeling like the band for the role was high, and that sense of bar showed up in how the later rounds flowed.

The coding rounds weren’t just a single conversation either. I went through a sequence where I needed to demonstrate problem solving and then move on quickly. One technical interviewer pushed hard for an answer even when I admitted I wasn’t sure and said I’d look something