Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 546 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Data Scientist according to 546 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
One on one interview: 23%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 13%
Group panel interview: 4%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
DO NOT TELL THEM YOU ARE GETTING A MASTER'S DEGREE IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL
A recruiter reached out to me for a phone screen which I took. She asked me to explain my background and I told her I had 7 years of experience and currently getting my master's in DS, She then told me I can't be considered because I'm currently in school and she would refer my resume to a university recruiter who could see about an entry-level role. I then mentioned I'm not an entry-level person I've been doing this for years and it's not like I'm in undergrad or anything and she said "I know and to be honest it's confusing for me too but unfortunately I don't make the rules here I just have to abide by them" and that was the end of the interview.
Conversation with recruiter in email. Technical screening round where they ask about SQL and product sense. Onsite-Loop with four rounds. They ask about SQL, Product Sense, Statistics, Behavioural questions. The difficulty is average.
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.