Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 67%
Skills test: 33%
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Standard Leetcode medium question for software interview, had 1 engineer interviewing me for initial round. Interviewer was nice and guided me through, but ultimately did not proceed to next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
n x m grid of islands and water, find the amount of islands, find runtime complexity
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Bengaluru)
Interview
2 DSA, 2 SD and one Bhavioural. Most DSA were from meta tagged questions on leetcode. SD was difficult. I received a questions that I had never heard of before and it was tough to talk about the solution in 45 mins.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (San Diego, CA) in Dec 2024
Interview
This is a standard process with a Recruiter Screening followed by a technical assessment. After the technical assessment, there is an onsite with 3 interviews. 1 technical, 1 system design and 1 behavioral.