Meta·Software Engineer

Meta Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

CanadaPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first interaction was a quick phone call where they asked me about my experience, the tools I’d used, and the kinds of teams I’d managed.

There wasn’t much detail beyond that, and I remember not understanding how it translated into the decision because I didn’t feel like I’d been evaluated in a deep technical way.

Eventually I received a rejection that was tied to not having enough experience years. That alone made it feel abrupt, but the bigger sense of friction came from how the recruiter handled the wrap-up once the process moved through interviews for someone else’s schedule. After the loop, there was an unusually theatrical “thank you” message style that sounded like a soft status update, and then I was asked to join a

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