Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 4 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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Rec screen + Coding screen + 2 coding + 1 ml sys design + behavioral. Coding was primarily from leetcode meta tagged top 100- 2 questions in each interview, sys design went in depth.
a 4-part interview including a research presentation, 2 skills interviews, and a behavioral interview via Zoom. The interviewers seemed disengaged and not interested. A lot of questions tested survey design, working with missing data., and building weights.
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Question 1
Based on the given dataset, how would you construct survey weights?
I applied online. I interviewed at Meta (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2025
Interview
Five rounds in total: BQ, coding, two research rounds, and one design round. Overall, it was a good experience, and HR was responsive. But my background wasn't a good match for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
BQ included many small questions, and I had to improvise.