Meta·Software Engineer

Meta Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Meta AI-enabled coding round felt different from a classic LeetCode session.

I was given a card-game style problem where I had to draw cards into a grid, and the goal was to pick triples that summed to 15. Then I had to deal with a failing test—an invalid-move validation bug—and implement a strategy that continued selecting valid triples until no cards remained.

During the session, there were small models available (the round referenced a couple lightweight options), but the core work was still on me: fix the failing test, then make the solution robust enough to finish the full process. I went through a first AI-enabled question and then another similar AI-enabled

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