Meta

Social network and technology platform
Last updated:
January 3, 2026
Company details
HQ
Menlo Park, CA
HEADCOUNT
10000+
ORG TYPE
Corporate
SECTOR
Technology & Digital
About the company
Meta builds consumer apps and platforms used by billions of people, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads. Meta makes most revenue from advertising across these products, and the company also runs Reality Labs for AR and VR hardware and software. Meta also invests heavily in AI research and product development across the company’s apps and infrastructure.
Locations and presence
Meta is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and hires across major hubs in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Work setup is generally hybrid for many corporate roles, with multi-day office expectations, and Instagram announced a five-day in-office requirement for desk-assigned U.S. staff starting February 2, 2026.
Palpable Score
71.8
/ 100
Meta offers multiple credible early-career doors, including internships, “University Grad” roles, and rotational programs that are explicitly positioned as immersive learning experiences. Pay signals look competitive and often transparent via published ranges and widely reported intern and new-grad compensation, but early-career predictability is reduced by mixed candidate experiences and widely reported workforce churn in parts of the business.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.8
/ 20
  • The company recruits early-career talent through internships and student programs that sit alongside full-time hiring.
  • Meta advertises “University Grad” roles in multiple job families, which creates a direct path that does not rely on prior full-time experience.
  • The company previously ran Meta University for early undergraduates, but public posts and reporting around the program’s final cohort reduce confidence in that specific first-year entry point going forward.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

12.2
/ 20
  • The company publicly describes a recruiter-led process with multiple interview rounds, which gives candidates a basic map of what to expect.
  • Meta is widely associated with a structured “full loop” interview format for many technical roles, which helps candidates prepare around consistent interview types even when teams differ.
  • The company has mixed candidate-reported experiences on speed, responsiveness, and consistency, with some reports of long or uncertain timelines that are difficult for early-career candidates to absorb.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.8
/ 20
  • The company runs rotational programs that are explicitly framed around immersive learning and exposure to different teams and domains.
  • Meta University materials and related public posts describe hands-on training and mentorship as part of the internship experience.
  • The company’s learning-and-support picture is uneven across functions because publicly accessible onboarding detail is strongest for certain tracks, while many early-career job listings do not spell out mentoring structure beyond general statements.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

17.8
/ 20
  • The company publishes salary ranges on at least some job postings, including base-pay ranges plus equity and benefits language, which supports pay transparency.
  • Meta is consistently reported as paying high intern and early-career compensation in third-party benchmarks, which reduces the risk of below-market offers for graduates in core roles.
  • The company’s pay transparency still varies by geography and role family, and some early-career candidates will need an offer stage to see full compensation details (especially outside the U.S.).

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.2
/ 20
  • The company has rotational tracks such as RPM that are designed around early-career development over multiple placements, which can accelerate skill breadth and internal mobility.
  • Meta has had widely reported layoffs and tougher performance management in recent cycles, which increases the chance that early-career plans get disrupted even after a strong start.
  • The company does not publish early-career outcome metrics like intern conversion rate, time-to-promotion bands, or cohort retention, so the public picture of progression relies heavily on scattered candidate anecdotes rather than consistent reporting.

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