Meta · Software engineer · E4/E5

Behavioral ('Jedi')

Conversational career retrospective, not a rigid script

What they actually ask

The question shapes this round uses. Larpy does not read these out. It builds each one from your own resume, because the generic version is the one you have already rehearsed.

“Tell me about a project you're most proud of and your specific contribution.”
“Describe a time you disagreed with a coworker or manager and how you resolved it.”
“Tell me about delivering under an ambiguous or shifting guide.”
“What's your biggest professional failure, and what did you change afterward?”
“Tell me about convincing others to adopt your technical approach.”
“Give an example of hard-to-hear feedback and what you did with it.”
“Tell me about taking on something outside your defined scope.”
“Why Meta, and why this move now?”

What this round is judged on

Drive & initiative · going beyond defined scope
Conflict & ambiguity · resolving disagreement, operating without a clear guide
Impact & scope · measurable results scaled to level
Growth · reflection on failure and feedback
Motivation & fit · genuine 'why Meta'

Where this round sits

Meta’s published process. Lime marks the stage this round runs.

01
Recruiter Screen
02
Technical Phone Screen
03
Onsite 'Full Loop'this round
04
Team Matching
05
Hiring Committee & Offer

What happens in each stage›

Recruiter Screen: ~30 min non-technical call: motivation, background, timeline, and level calibration (E4 vs E5).
Technical Phone Screen: 45 min live coding in a shared editor (CoderPad), typically 1-2 problems. Gate to the onsite.
Onsite 'Full Loop': Four scored 45-min rounds: two coding, one system design or product architecture ('Ninja'), one behavioral ('Jedi').
Team Matching: After a hire decision; conversations with teams. Can affect final level and offer conversion, not scored as a competency.
Hiring Committee & Offer: Committee reviews packet, confirms level (E4 vs E5, with down-leveling common), and extends offer.

Sources

Built from what Meta publishes about its own process and from real interview data. No leaked question lists. The questions you get are generated against your own resume, so they are not from anyone else's interview.

companyMeta Careers, Preparing for your SWE interview at Metametacareers.com
Round list (coding, system design vs product architecture, behavioral), and the four coding competencies (Problem Solving, Coding, Verification, Communication).
datalevels.fyi, Meta interview processlevels.fyi
E4/E5 loop structure, round counts, and leveling notes.
dataTech Interview Handbook (yangshun, MIT)techinterviewhandbook.org
Coding topic/difficulty distribution and canonical problem list.
companyMeta, Company Info / operating valuesmeta.com
Meta's published company values as the behavioral reference frame.

Sources last checked August 10, 2026. Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.

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