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Updated 30 Dec 2024

Meta Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic questions on background
  • Q2. Why do you want to join meta
Round 2 - Coding Test 

DSA Round - Graphs & Trees

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System Design - delved a lot deeper
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Job Portal

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA:
Dynamic programming;
More focus on approach and readability.
Ephasis on dry run and test cases

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to build the solution as if it is a problem of your day to day job

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Graph related question from leetcode medium
  • Q2. 2 pointers question from leetcode medium
Round 2 - Coding Test 

This was a panel interview with 2 DSA questions, 1 hiring manager round and 1 system design

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

5 mins introduction, 10 mins project behavioural, 2 Coding Questions - 20 mins each, 5 mins to ask questions

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics of kotlin, sealed class, viewmodel implementation,
  • Q2. Caching mechanism
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Mixed conceptual questions from java8, Spring Boot and SQL and microservices

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. One round technical question and coding on Java, Java 8, Spring boot,Rest webservices, SQL. Code for rest API using jpa for CRUD.
  • Q2. Singleton pattern for thread safety .
  • Ans. 

    Singleton pattern ensures only one instance of a class is created and provides a global point of access to it.

    • Use lazy initialization to create the instance only when needed.

    • Use synchronized keyword to make the getInstance() method thread-safe.

    • Consider using double-checked locking for better performance.

    • Use enum to implement singleton pattern as it is inherently thread-safe.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Linked list implementation
  • Ans. 

    Linked list is a data structure where each element points to the next element in the sequence.

    • Nodes contain data and a reference to the next node

    • Insertion and deletion can be done efficiently in a linked list

    • Traversal starts from the head node and follows the next pointers

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Parenthesis balancing question
  • Q2. Caching in Hibernate
  • Ans. 

    Caching in Hibernate improves performance by storing frequently accessed data in memory.

    • Hibernate supports first-level cache at session level

    • Second-level cache can be configured at session factory level

    • Caching strategies include read-only, read-write, and transactional

    • Cache providers like Ehcache, Infinispan, and Hazelcast can be used

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Maven scope questions
  • Q4. Ci and CD concept
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary negotiation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good coding and conceptual questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Mainframe Interview COBOL vsam restart process
  • Ans. 1. Delete the existing file. 2. Create a new cluster. 3. Repro to copy in 3rd step
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. How to resolve sb37 Increase the space by twice at first if it didn't fix then we can use volume counter to increment the no of extend
  • Ans. 

    To resolve sb37, increase space by twice and use volume counter to increment extend if needed.

    • Increase space by twice at first

    • If issue persists, use volume counter to increment extend

    • Ensure adequate space is available before running job

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well in all the topics in COBOL, JCL and DB2

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Aug 2023.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Online assesement 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic spring , Sql questions and a puzzle
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions based on spring boot, annotations, design patterns.
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Singleton Design pattern, one programming question. Work related questions
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain about java threads
  • Ans. 

    Java threads are lightweight processes that enable concurrent execution of code.

    • Threads allow multiple tasks to be executed simultaneously within a single program.

    • They share the same memory space and can communicate with each other.

    • Java provides built-in support for creating and managing threads through the Thread class.

    • Threads can be created by extending the Thread class or implementing the Runnable interface.

    • Thread s...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep good on basics and should have good communication skills

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How many type of authentication can be implemented
  • Ans. 

    There are multiple types of authentication that can be implemented, including password-based, token-based, biometric, and multi-factor authentication.

    • Password-based authentication: Users authenticate themselves using a password.

    • Token-based authentication: Users authenticate themselves using a token, such as a one-time password or a security key.

    • Biometric authentication: Users authenticate themselves using their unique ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Develop springboot api for a given table
  • Ans. 

    Develop a Spring Boot API for a given table

    • Create a Spring Boot project with necessary dependencies

    • Define entity class representing the table

    • Create a repository interface extending JpaRepository

    • Implement service layer with business logic

    • Create REST controller with CRUD operations

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good interview, analyzed technical and problem solving

Skills evaluated in this interview

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How many rounds are there in Meta Senior Software Engineer interview?
Meta interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Meta interview process are Coding Test, HR and Technical.
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