RejectedTechnical Screen

Two Phone Screens and an Inexplicable Rejection

MetaSite Reliability Engineer · Senior+ · Technical Screen · Apr 2026

Two phone screens for Meta PE (the SRE-equivalent role there), 45 minutes each. Round 1, System (full-loop troubleshooting): same prompt as another thread posted on this forum, but the interviewer didn't seem to have a specific answer in mind. They asked a bunch of pretty open-ended things — how do you make sure everything keeps running smoothly during the days you're on call? If something breaks…

Shared by a candidate · reported Apr 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.