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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Sep 2021
Interview
Started with one 30 min phone call with a recruiter - mostly a conversation about motivations and next steps.
Next stage was an initial screening interview with a Data Scientist. This was a light version of the on-site interviews where they asked one SQL question and one product case question. Dug deep into the product question to ensure good product acumen.
On-site was virtual and consisted of 4 30 min interviews with Data Scientists. Interviews were: Maths/Stats, SQL, Analytical interpretation and Product case study
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- How would you determine the health of FB Groups?
- How would you build a 'restaurants you may like' recommender system on the news feed
- Bayes Theorem stats question
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Jul 2021
Interview
1. Let’s say we want to figure out for any Facebook (or Instagram) user, who their best friend is so we can prioritize showing their content in the News Feed. What product signals and metrics (please max at 5) would you use to determine who a user’s best friend is?
2. In addition, which is the most important and why?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Let’s say we want to figure out for any Facebook (or Instagram) user, who their best friend is so we can prioritize showing their content in the News Feed. What product signals and metrics (please max at 5) would you use to determine who a user’s best friend is?
2. In addition, which is the most important and why?
I was given a bunch of related questions by hr. The first question is to introduce some related projects experiences from my academic work. Then I was asked about a metric question to determine the best friends in facebook