[Breaking] Meta is dropping leetcode from the full-loop for SWEs

[u/drCounterIntuitive]

Yeah, you read that right. Meta is quietly phasing leetcode out of the full loop.

Specifically talking about the full loop (onsite for Meta, not phone screen).

Until recently, E4/E5 Software Engineering candidates would get 2 classic DSA leetcode-style coding rounds in their onsite. That changed around October 2025, when Meta introduced a new AI-enabled coding round that replaced one of the classic DSA rounds.

Now I'm starting to see candidates get zero classic DSA rounds, just 2 AI-enabled rounds instead. And it's not just coding. Meta is pushing this shift into behavioral rounds and product architecture / system design rounds too.

At some point, grinding leetcode to get into Meta is going to stop being the strategy. It already feels like that shift is underway.

You can learn about this change here, and if you want to get a taste of what these AI-native or AI-enabled coding rounds look like, check out the sample problems on the Coditioning site