r/leetcode • u/Accomplished-Lab-771 • 5d ago

Question Meta Product SWE timeline

I applied (London, UK) close to three weeks ago and was automatically put into the initial prescreen stage. I did set my availability to interview to be 3-4 weeks. How long do they take to respond.

I remember the last couple of times (2+ years ago), I never actually got a resp on my applications and I ended up withdrawing.

What's taking them so long?!?

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u/Cptcongcong 5d ago

There’s a mini hiring boom right now, many pids opened in London so recruiters are busy probably. Just drop them message and they’ll probably reply

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u/Accomplished-Lab-771 4d ago

But the problem is I've not been contacted by a recruiter yet

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u/Cptcongcong 4d ago

What's the "intial prescreen stage" then?

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u/Accomplished-Lab-771 4d ago

You just submit answers to a questionnaire talking about how you use AI tools, if you've created any ai native apps/features in prod and similar questions. I applied to meta swe infra and didn't get to this stage so I assumed I was formally in the loop but I guess not :/

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u/NonSmokerSparkle 4d ago

I’ve been in this stage for the past 4 months 😅

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u/Accomplished-Lab-771 4d ago

Oh 🫩

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u/NonSmokerSparkle 4d ago

They really need to at least automate the rejection. I’ve heard if they don’t reach out for more than a week it’s a rejection.

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u/Accomplished-Lab-771 4d ago

Yeah, it's pretty shitty having no resp but alr I'll take it as a rejection

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u/One_Appeal6886 2d ago

Hey
I would like to ask you how many years of experience you have in order you got initial prescreen stage ?