Facebook·Software Engineer

Facebook Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Hard

Positive

Menlo Park, CAPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My path started with an online assessment, and it was followed by a single focused 45-minute coding round with two problems.

I only spent a few minutes on introductions before jumping into the actual questions, so the whole thing felt like it moved quickly from the start.

During the coding session, I was given two medium-style LeetCode problems to solve within the time limit. What stood out to me was how much they leaned into follow-up improvements: when I finished quickly, the interviewer pushed me to iterate on my solution with alternatives rather than letting me stop at the first working approach.

It ended without an offer. Looking back, I felt like I understood the problem-solving process, but the format

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