Software Engineer New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer New Grad roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 137 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 New Grad according to 137 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 45%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Background check: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2024
Interview
There were three rounds( 2 technical rounds basically leetcode and 1 behavioral round) each lasted for 45 mins. They ask two questions in each technical round. Prepare 3-4 stories for behavioral
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode Meta Tagged for technical ( linkedlist, backtracking and trees
2 Technical Interview
1 Behavioral
Technical were leetcode mediums (2 per interview, must complete both in the 45 minute time)
Behavioral was 45 minutes, have several experiences in back pocket.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Tell me when a peer or manager gave actionable feedback for improvement"
- Tell me when you weren't able to present a key deliverable
- tell me about a challenging interaction with a team member
There were an excessive amount of rounds with a high difficulty of questions for a new grad role. Everyone I spoke too was very friendly though! Study hard and you may be okay.
Asked me two leetcode hard style questions and I knew it was over for me. Interviewer was nice and tried to guide me along the right path but the question just wasnt clicking with me.