Software Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer II roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Engineer II according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 25%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 13%
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It started with an initial recruiter call to discuss the role and expectations. This was followed by a technical phone screen focusing on coding challenges. The onsite consisted of two LeetCode-style coding rounds, two system design interviews, and one behavioral round. Afterward, there was an additional onsite follow-up focused on behavioral questions
Terrible. The interviewer didn't even introduce himself and provided no guidance whatsoever. There was literally a 5 minute gap of silence. By far one of the worst experiences I've had at a Big Tech company
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NDA so I can't divulge the question but it was standard grid traversal algo
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
1 screening (coding question)
2 coding rounds - 2 questions in each LC medium
1 system design - not a standard design question.
1 behavior - general behavior questions. Most difficult.