Meta Interview Process (Software Engineer)
📌 1. Application & Recruiter Screen
You apply directly or get referred.
A recruiter reaches out to discuss:
Your background and resume.
Role fit and level (IC3, IC4, IC5, etc.).
Timeline and next steps.
🧠 2. Online Assessment / Technical Phone Screens
Depending on level and role, you’ll face:
🔹 (A) Online Coding Assessment (often for interns/new grads)
HackerRank-style test (2-3 problems).
Focus on data structures, algorithms, edge cases, and efficiency.
🔹 (B) Technical Phone Interview(s) (1–2 rounds)
45-minute coding interview via CoderPad or Meta's internal tool.
Solve 1–2 Leetcode-style problems live.
Expect:
Strings, Trees, Graphs, Dynamic Programming, etc.
Follow-up questions and optimizations.
Clean code, communication, and test cases.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
two coding questions. one is about palindrome. The other is a binary tree traversal question. DFS algorithm can handle it easily, In the context of a DFS (Depth-First Search) tree traversal, preorder and postorder refer to different ways of visiting the nodes during the traversal. Here's the distinction。
Got a referral through a friend who worked at Meta, which sped up the entire process. After a casual initial chat, I went through a technical interview where I faced a DSA question about validating palindromes. The interviewer was friendly but rigorous. During prep, I had spent time with the coding challenges on PracHub, and it was funny to see a similar palindrome question pop up. Overall, I received an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it after careful consideration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string s, return true if it can be a palindrome after deleting at most one character (Valid Palindrome II).
Recruiter call was pretty standard, first round was 2 Meta tagged LC mediums in 45 minutes. On-site was 2 coding sessions of 2 LC mediums, a system design interview and a behavioral interview with an engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you answer if someone asks how long a deliverable or project will take?
The entire process usually takes 3–8 weeks, depending on scheduling and the specific role. Coding interviews heavily emphasize common DSA topics such as arrays, strings, trees, graphs, BFS/DFS, heaps, hash maps, and dynamic programming. System design becomes increasingly important for E4+ positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers and a target value, return the indices of two numbers that add up to the target
