I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Apr 2022
Interview
Low offer:
Their final offer is 50-60K lower than what I was told originally. So the business is definitely struggling.
Inappropriate conduct with candidates:
One of the interviewers spent 10 minutes pressing me on a question about a subtraction function(A,B). It's either A-B or B-A. I didn't remember, so I said we could look at the documentation. After not getting the answer for a couple minutes, this person got frustrated and yelled at me "I'm the documentation. I'm telling you that..." I was shocked that an interviewer could behave this way.
Variable skills among interviewers:
There are definitely strong technical people, but the data scientists' skills vary greatly. One was struggling to understand how AVG(CASE WHEN ....THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) could calculate the % of certain condition. I was in disbelief.
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
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.
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.