Meta Security Engineer Interview
Questions & Process
What 56 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
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Questions candidates reported
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“Find palindrome from a string”
Read reports →“What is DOM based XSS?”
Read reports →“What is reflected XSS?”
Read reports →“Find bugs in a given program”
Read reports →“What types of XSS are there?”
Read report →“How do you prevent CSRF?”
Read report →“What is CSRF?”
Read report →“What is XSS?”
Read report →“Do you know how to code?”
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The interview process
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“First conversation was with the recruiter to talk about my background and if I was willing to move to London. After that there was a skill check where they asked questions about the topics I would be working on. The recording from that was then reviewed by the people on the team.”Candidate-reported process
“I had 3 interview rounds, and it was pretty easy to follow. But the questions were really hard. They focus more on resume based questions instead of leetcode or DSA, and the security related questions are also really tough.”Candidate-reported process
“1 hour interview for the screening Leet code about string parsing (15 minutes) and Security question scenario (20 minutes) and behavioral about one, interviewer was helpful and the interview question wasn’t that hard just THREAT MODELING”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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