Data Scientist 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 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
I heard they were interested in physicists so I applied online and heard from a recruiter within a week. The initial phone interview included a few technical questions but it seemed more like a "cultural fit" screening. They want enthusiasm! We set up an interview on the FB campus a week and a half later. I received an email at 12:30am the morning before my interview with "interview tips". I had no idea what I was getting into and would have needed to study for a few weeks in order to brush up on CS concepts I haven't addressed since undergrad. Went to the interview completely unprepared. As much as they advertise that they want physicists they did not ask any questions, or offer me any time, to ascertain how my experience and skill set may apply to the position. They really just wanted a code jockey. While I have coding experience, it was not sufficient for the position. This is understandable but should have been made clear in the initial screening so as not to waste either parties time. Everyone was nice but very unorganized.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write C++ code and analyze algorithm complexity. Improve the code.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
The interviewing process was disorganized and unprofessional. i first received an email from a Recruiter from the Product Analysis team. After a screening on the phone, they set me up with a technical interview with a Data Scientist to assess my Python skills.
First, the Data Scientist scheduled didn't show up to my interview. They had a replacemen who I could tell did not want to be there. Aside from cursing in the interview, he was the kind of guy who nitpicked at code that was functionally the same but not the way he would write it. An example would come to mind is using if/else vs. if/elif. At the end of the interview, I have never seen anyone try to get off the phone as fast as him. It ended like "I gotta go" "Ok" "Click."
That ended with a rescheduled phone interview because I wasn't assessed any of my skills. The second phone interview went well, but because I didn't use SQL and insisted on using python they decided i "am a better fit for BI."
Well this is the part of the process that angered me enough to write this review. They transferred me to the BI recruiter who had a screening with me. Keep in mind we are now at 4 phone interviews. He tells me he will set up a phone interview early next week. One week and 2 emails pass by and he is completely missing in action. No response to any way I try to contact him.
If I have one pet peeve with Recruiters is when they lie to and/or ignore candidates. In my experience with Facebook, I had both.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions mostly revolve around manipulation of data in SQL/Python but are basic. I wish I had something more specific.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Aug 2013
Interview
Submitted resume through employee referral. Received call from recruiter about three weeks later. After initial phone screen with recruiter set up phone interview with two people there (back to back 30 minute one on one interviews). One of the interviews was on analytics - a statistics questions and measuring the performance of their products. The other was technical, involved sorting list.
Like 8 days later, recruiter got back in touch with me saying they were going to bring me on-site for an interview. They set up a flight and hotel room for me. On-site was five one-on-one 30 minute interviews. Two technical, two analytics, and one on product. Really seemed interested in how I would measure performance of Facebook products and use data to identify problems.
Interviews set up to run from 9:00am - 11:30am. They just grabbed me from the lobby at 8:45, put me in a room that the interviewers came to, then dropped me back off in the lobby after the last interview without showing me around at all. Friend came down to get me afterwards to give me a tour and grab lunch.
Recruiter said would let me know decision within 2 days but no news til 8 days later. Didn't get an offer.
Overall, experience was pretty good though the recruiting staff seemed overworked and often missed their own deadlines.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you add to Facebook and how would you pitch it and measure its success.