Data Science applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Oct 2019
Interview
after submitting application, it took about 2 weeks to get a phone interview call.
The call is scheduled and lasted about 20 mins.
Simple questions, like going through CV, why jump role, what's the project experience, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why you jump the role? what's your project experience?
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta in Feb 2020
Interview
Robotic and disinterested interviewer. The recruiter was nice and friendly. Product and technical interview. Product related questions were tough. SQL questions were medium level. The interviewer accent was hard to understand.
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Oct 2020
Interview
1 phone screen, 1 hiring manager screen.
Be careful of hiring manager screen. They use this interview to level you. When asked to describe a project you have done, take the most diffficult , complex project with multiple people. This will determine your level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a data and analytics project from past. Evaluate ML model.
What is R squared, can it take negative values. Why do you remove highly correlated elements when they do not contribute or harm the model?