Meta Systems and Infrastructure Research Scientist interview questions
based on 4 ratings - Updated Mar 12, 2026
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Systems and Infrastructure Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems and Infrastructure Research Scientist roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Systems and Infrastructure Research Scientist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Presentation: 33%
Skills test: 17%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Meta in Feb 2024
Interview
2 technical rounds: mid-level LeetCode questions, each 45 minutes with 2 questions
1 behavioral round: standard questions (e.g., “What is the proudest project you have worked on?”)
1 system design round
Screening (coding)
2 Coding
1 System Design
1 Behavioral
They call behavioral as research interview, but it is really a behavioral nothing to do with research.
Coding questions were from Leetcode top company questions.
System design was tricky. I used YouTube videos, Alex Xu books, and HelloInterview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in May 2020
Interview
I gave three coding interviews, each an hour long. Each interview consisted of two coding questions, except for the final one which was a single question. They were all conducted over zoom.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview questions were of the type typical of coding questions from hacker rank. For example, one question was about whether a string of characters had balanced brackets.