Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 638 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(Internship) according to 638 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
Presentation: 24%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 7%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
Personality test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Group panel interview: 0%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Meta
Average interview
Application
I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Did the OA, the OA was 4 questions, passed, and then had an interview with a software engineer at Meta - still waiting to hear results back! I took it yesterday so fingers crossed
First step in person (University recruiting), two coding problems at the blackboard and 5 minutes for questions to the interviewer.
Second step remotely. A quarter behavioural and the rest three quarters of an hour for 2 coding problems.
I felt a strong connection to the interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Motivations that brought me there.
Questions about SWEish experiences I had through my university career, both general (topic like particular challenges, collaboration) and more specific (experience with particular libraries).
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Online assessment w/ 4 questions followed by a 45 min video interview with 2 coding questions with a software engineer. Process was pretty smooth, but haven't heard back about a decision yet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard algorithms interview questions on both OA and call