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 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Londres, Inglaterra) in Aug 2017
Interview
It started with an introductory phone call, asking about my background and interests, and telling me about different projects they're working on. No professional questions. Then there was a 45 minute phone interview with a coding question and then a half-day set of on-site interviews.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I got an internal referral and the recruiters took it from there. They were very courteous and prompt in their email responses. They sent me a long prep document that very clearly laid out what you will be tested on, along with some sample questions. The actual interview aligned closely with what was said in the prep documents.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Sep 2017
Interview
Got scheduled through a recruiter. It takes 2-3 weeks for the interview to get scheduled. Focus A LOT on SQL or Python (mainly dictionaries and lists) depending on what what you choose.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
There is a feature for showing friend requests. How do you measure its impact and how do you decide whether to keep it.
A set of values given: Assume table in SQL or list of dictionaries if using Python.
Basically a row of data contained information:
if it is post or it is a comment, row id and some other data.
Find distribution of comments.
#comments # posts
1 5000
2 6787
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