Software Developer 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Software Developer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
Skills test: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
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I went through a web developer interview at Meta, starting with an initial online round to test my programming and problem-solving skills. After passing that, I moved on to deeper technical rounds, where they focused on my Front-end knowledge like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and asked me to optimize page performance and handle large images and long text efficiently. They also evaluated my Back-end skills, including connecting the front-end to the back-end, designing APIs, and managing databases. I faced practical challenges that required writing live code to solve performance issues or handle large data lists, and sometimes system design questions to create a platform capable of supporting millions of users. Finally, there was a cultural round to assess my fit with the company’s values and team spirit. Overall, the interview felt like a real test of my ability to think quickly, write clean code, and solve real-world problems effectively.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a web page that displays a list of items (e.g., user posts). Some items contain very large images, and some have very long text content.
How would you optimize the loading performance and user experience when displaying this list?
Provide a practical example using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to implement lazy loading or incremental rendering (e.g., render part of the list first and load the rest as the user scrolls).
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Sep 2024
Interview
3 rounds of leetcode and then 1 system design, 1 behaviour
Leetcode style questions go over bfs, dfs, binary trees, dynamic programming. Be prepared to answer space and time complexity, and be able to write to code very quickly.
It was a recruiter screen where the recruiter reached out and they wanted to see if we were a good fit. It was a short conversation, was told she would send me the next steps but never heard back.