I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta in Sept 2020
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me and asked if I want to apply for a data scientist position at Facebook. And I said yes. He scheduled a time to describe the process which would start with a coding challenge. Later on, they scheduled the coding interview, but a few days later the recruiter contacted me and said I got rejected. I actually got rejected before even I get a chance to start the process. Nonetheless, as the coding interview was already scheduled, I used the link they had sent me to connect to the interviewer, and surprisingly some one was ready to ask me the question. Anyway, I did pretty well in the coding part, but when I sent an email to the recruiter and asked about the outcome of interview, he sent me a template of what they usually send to tell you that you got rejected. It was a very strange and unprofessional type of interview experience.
Total 7 rounds: first round for resume screening, second for technical screening, then for on-site virtual with 4 interviews back to back, then hiring manager round after team matching and then salary negotiation with HR
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Meta’s evaluation rubrics focus heavily on "Product Thinking over Fancy Math". Interviewers want to see if you can operate like a product owner with an analytical mindset, navigating messy scenarios affecting billions of users
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Completed 3 rounds of the process, which includes the initial recruiter screen, technical, full loop, and team matching.
Couldn't move past the full loop interview. The interview was very engaging, and I actually enjoyed working through the cases. No crazy questions.
Application
I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA)
Interview
The Interview Process is very structured -
First Tech Screening round - 45 mins (usually can extend a bit depending on the interviewer)
- 2 SQL Questions ( Medium to Hard ) - based on Joins
Full Loop - 4 rounds 45 mins each.
- SQL
- Behavioral
- Analytical Execution - stats & prob, A/B testing, case study
- Analytical Reasoning - Case study
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on Bayes Theorem, Probability distribution, etc.