Had a quick phone screening interview which asked a few basic knowledge questions, then an hour long coding interview asked a couple of SQL questions. It seemed more like an analyst position and the SQL questions would have been much easier using python but I got the impression the entry data scientist position would mostly do analyst work with sql.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a SQL query related to...
Also asked about a random product of theirs and how you could help improve it
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
recruiter reached out and had a technical screening interview. Still in the process of interviewing and have not get the final result yet. The next step will be a follow up round of technical interview. And potentially on site interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to design the friends you may know feature -- how to recommend friends; how to test out the assumptions; how to decide next steps if the metrics shows only positive signals in certain features
They interviewed me for the job. General questions to test your knowledge of SQL, python, probability. Also included the ability to communicate your findings in a clear and concise manner.