Meta Interview Questions & Trends 2026 Q2: AI-Native Coding, OA, VO & BQ

Overall Trend

Meta's 2026 Q2 cycle marks the biggest interview-process overhaul in years: starting April 16, 2026, every newly scheduled full loop switches to AI-Native — both coding rounds require AI-assist, the System Design round adds a new AI-Enabled SWE System Design variant, and the Behavioral round becomes AI-Oriented BQ. CoderPad now exposes a model picker (Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.x, Sonnet) and from mid-March onwards the AI writes directly into the editor (Cursor-style). Traditional 2-LC phone screens still exist, but onsite is fundamentally different. Meanwhile the forum is full of "passed everything but rejected + 1-year cooldown" reports, [hidden].

For coverage: traditional SWE rounds still center on Tag-list classics (phone screens are 35–40 minutes for two problems, speed-first); MLE tracks lean on recommendation / ranking MLSD plus project deep-dive; Data Engineering candidates now face a separate 60-minute AI-Native Full-Stack round covering Business Case + Data Modeling + SQL + Python in one continuous scenario. [hidden]

Question-Type Distribution

Top 10 Hot Topics

Question Index

AI-Enabled / AI-Native Coding

General Coding (Phone Screen / Onsite)

System Design

ML System Design (MLSD)

MLE Coding & Project Deep-Dive

Difficulty Trend

The bar isn't unusually high, but the fast pacing plus AI-Coding's expanded scoring dimensions mean even strong candidates often get rejected — perceived difficulty has gone up.

• Traditional coding: [hidden]
• AI Coding: [hidden]
• OA: [hidden]
• System Design: [hidden]
• MLSD: [hidden]

Notable Changes

1. AI-Native Full Loop (effective April 16): [hidden]
2. New AI Coding question bank: [hidden]
3. CoderPad goes Cursor-style: [hidden]
4. HC freeze + 1-year cooldown: [hidden]
5. DE's standalone AI Native Full Stack round: [hidden]
6. OA themes refreshed: [hidden]