# A Senior Engineer’s Guide to Meta's Interview Process and Questions

## The Meta Hiring Process and Common Questions

~20 minute read

## Table of Contents
  
- [Introduction to FAANG interviews](/content/guides/hiring-process#introduction-to-faang-interviews/index.html)  
- [About this guide](/content/guides/hiring-process#about-this-guide/index.html)  
- [3 tips for FAANG interview success](/content/guides/hiring-process#3-tips-for-faang-interview-success/index.html)

### Part 1: Differences between the FAANGs
  
- [The Chaos Score](/content/guides/hiring-process#the-chaos-score/index.html)  
- [How we calculated the Chaos Score for each company](/content/guides/hiring-process#how-we-calculated-the-chaos-score-for-each-company/index.html)  
- [Deep dive into the FAANG Chaos Scores](/content/guides/hiring-process#deep-dive-into-the-faang-chaos-scores/index.html)  
- [Which FAANGs let you interview with different teams simultaneously?](/content/guides/hiring-process#which-faangs-let-you-interview-with-different-teams-simultaneously/index.html)

### Part 2: A guide to each FAANG company’s interview process
  
- [Meta](/content/guides/hiring-process/meta-facebook#meta/index.html)  
- [Amazon](/content/guides/hiring-process/amazon#amazon/index.html)  
- [Apple](/content/guides/hiring-process/apple#apple/index.html)  
- [Netflix](/content/guides/hiring-process/netflix#netflix/index.html)  
- [Google](/content/guides/hiring-process/google#google/index.html)  
- [Microsoft](/content/guides/hiring-process/microsoft#microsoft/index.html)  
- [Conclusion](/content/guides/hiring-process/conclusion#conclusion/index.html)

## Meta’s interview process and questions

Meta’s interview process consists of the following steps:

- Call with a Meta recruiter  
- Technical phone screen (and possibly a second technical phone screen)  
- Onsite interviews

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. At Meta, speed wins. You get one shot on goal every ~3 to 6 months, depending on performance.

### Step 1: Recruiter call

### Step 2: Technical phone screen

Meta's technical phone screen is a 45-minute coding interview focusing on data structures and algorithms. Introduction lasts about 5 minutes, followed by two coding questions.

Meta’s technical phone screens are conducted in [CoderPad](https://coderpad.io/). During the interview, code execution will be turned off.

### Step 3: Onsite interviews

Typical Meta onsite includes:

- At least two coding interviews  
- Two system design OR product design interviews  
- One behavioral interview

#### Alternate Process for E6

The process for E6 includes a Leadership Assessment interview before the onsite.

## AI usage in Meta interviews

Meta has introduced an AI-assisted round as part of the onsite. As of Q4 2025, it’s in pilot mode, with a full rollout expected by 2026. It includes a specialized CoderPad environment with an AI assistant built in.

### How to prepare

Your recruiter should send you a practice environment link. If they don't, ask for it. Practice building new features using AI tools like Cursor.

### Coding interview

Coding interview questions tend to repeat, and Meta is the only FAANG that allows some bugs as candidates can code faster.

### System design OR product design interview

System design focuses more on high-level architecture, while product design focuses on interactions between services.

### Behavioral interview

Behavioral questions at Meta are not standardized but are of medium/low importance.

## How Meta makes hiring decisions

Meta’s candidate review process is asynchronous. Interviewers provide a confidence score when filling feedback forms, which affects decisions.

## 'Team matching, offers, and “Bootcamp”'

Meta's process changed in 2023 allowing team matching before offers.

## Meta coding interview preparation resources

Useful content includes replays of candidates doing mock interviews and solutions to common Meta questions.

### Example Media
- [Design a Free Food App](/content/questions/design-a-free-food-app/index.html)
- [Lucky Numbers in a Matrix](/content/questions/lucky-numbers-in-a-matrix/index.html)

### Technical topics

Common technical topics include:
- [System Design](/content/system-design-interview-questions/index.html)  
- [Binary Trees](/content/binary-trees-interview-questions/index.html)  
- [Graphs](/content/graphs-interview-questions/index.html)
  
## Other Meta interview preparation resources

Resources are available for system design and behavioral interviews.