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Interviewing While Layoff News Broke, LC 215 and LC 236 With Follow-ups

MetaSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Feb 2026

I was in the middle of interviewing when the news broke about a big round of layoffs. Setting AI aside, the questions for the traditional software engineer track seem to be getting harder and harder. I got in through a referral from an alum, so the process into Meta went pretty smoothly. The pace was actually pretty fast — it took about two weeks to get through the first two rounds. The whole int…

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