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Senior Engineer’s Guide to Meta Interviews + Questions

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Before you interview with Meta, read our guide on negotiating with them. They’ve gotten very aggressive, and if you don’t know the rules, you will fail. Meta’s interview process consists of the following steps: Before we get into the details of each of these steps, here are a few general notes about Meta’s hiring process, evaluation criteria, and interviewers. Meta interviewers are guided by the company’s current motto: move fast. All human groups have a metaphor they operate from. Meta isn’t a family or an army. They’re a well-structured Formula 1 team; they spend a lot of effort to put safeguards in place, and then they go pedal to the metal. At Meta, speed wins. At Meta, because the process is centralized, you cannot interview with multiple teams concurrently like you can at some other tech companies. You get one shot on goal every ~3 to 6 months, depending on performance. “If you pass Meta’s onsite, but don’t take the offer your status of ‘passed onsite’ is valid for a year. If you

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