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 online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Mar 2025
Interview
I received an initial email with introductory questions about myself. After submitting my responses, I was selected for a 45-minute technical screening. During the interview, I was asked two SQL questions followed by a product case study discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To retrieve the number of users on Facebook between two specific dates, you'd typically write a SQL query assuming there’s a users table with a created_at (or signup_date) column that stores when each user joined.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
1 screening interview (coding and product sense); then 4 vitrual online interviews (product, BQ, coding, statistics). The VO interviews can be on different days. The product sense (aka Analytical reasoning?) is very subjective actually. The interviewer has a bad attitude at the very beginning, wasted a lot of time judging my experience, which is very frustrating and made me anxious.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For the coding, I used SQL. For statistics, they asked math questions regarding binomial distributions, Bayesian theorm, and probability. For the product interview, the theme was related to Instagram. I asked the questions on Reddit and other website, and from the feedback, I believe I gave a fairly comprehensive answers, covering both A/B testing and casual inference methods.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta in Jul 2024
Interview
There were multiple rounds starting with non-technical phone screen then full interview then 4 interview onsite spread across two days. The Offer came 2 weeks later.
I was sourced first so there might be other rounds if you apply through traditional routes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They focused a lot on experimental design questions/