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Meta Data Science interview questions

based on 613 ratings - Updated May 23, 2026

Average interview difficulty

Mostly positive interview experience

How others got an interview

38%
Recruiter
Recruiter
28%
Applied online
Applied online
24%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
5%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
2%
Other
Other
1%
In Person
In Person
1%
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613 interviews

Data Science Interview

Dec 7, 2016

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Jan 2015

Interview

First phone screen, pretty easy algorithmic problems (shuffle an array), complexity analysis on the response. Second phone interview: algorithmic problems again, a little more difficult than the first. Third interview: conversation with one of the datascientists about basic statistical modelling techniques

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Find all indices into an array A such that: * There are three elements (not necessarily distinct) * The three indexed elements sum to 0

Answer question

Data Scientist Interview

Nov 24, 2016

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Nov 2016

Interview

Five interviews, lasting thirty minutes each, with other Data Scientists. Three were some kind of "technical" and two were business cases. I was flown in the night before, given an email with information to help me prepare (including links to similar questions), and treated to lunch at the campus.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

There's a game where you are given two fair six-sided dice and asked to roll. If the sum of the values on the dice equals seven, then you win $21. However, you must pay $5 to play each time you roll both dice. Do you play this game? And in follow-up: What is the probability of making money from this game?

7 Answers

Question 2

We at Facebook would like to develop a way to estimate the month and day of people's birthdays, regardless of whether people give us that information directly. What methods would you propose, and data would you use, to help with that task?

5 Answers

Data Scientist Interview

Nov 8, 2016

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2016

Interview

HR contacted me and set up a phone interview. The process is smooth. HR is friendly and willing to answer questions. It took 1 week to schedule a interview and 1 week for a response.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

SQL. And why the number of likes are increasing?

2 Answers

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Data Science Interview

Dec 7, 2016

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Jan 2015

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Find all indices into an array A such that: * There are three elements (not necessarily distinct) * The three indexed elements sum to 0

Answer question

Data Scientist Interview

Nov 24, 2016

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Nov 2016

Interview

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

7 Answers

Question 2

5 Answers

Data Scientist Interview

Nov 8, 2016

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2016

Interview

HR contacted me and set up a phone interview. The process is smooth. HR is friendly and willing to answer questions. It took 1 week to schedule a interview and 1 week for a response.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

SQL. And why the number of likes are increasing?

2 Answers

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