Meta Senior Software Developer interview questions
based on 271 ratings - Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Senior Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Developer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 43 days.
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It included a number of challenging coding questions, behavioral questions, and system design questions. They are willing to move through the process fairly quickly. There were only a few stages: initial screen, coding screen, and on-site.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Feb 2020
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Very long and grueling process. They literally give you PDFs of material to study for your interviews. You are expected to do 5 one-hour interviews in a single day, solving programming challenges nonstop the entire time. You get a lunch break but that's also a "friendly interview" with an employee to learn about company culture.
They are amongst the highest paying in tech and they know it - you sure have to work to get in.
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Know your data structures and algorithms off the top of your head!