I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
It surprised me that in the 15 min short talk with hr, almost everything could be covered in a onsite interview was asked and mentioned. It included personal background, coding, statistics and case. So always be prepared to everything whenever the stage is.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about one project of yours that is data driven.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (London, England) in Nov 2019
Interview
After I applied, I received an email with questions about my skills, interests and background. Then there is a surprise phone screening with simple but tricky SQL questions. If you pass the screening then you have two technical interviews scheduled in the same week of 45mins each.
-20mins of technical SQL questions
-20mins of Applied Data Analysis questions
-20mins of Analytical Product Interpretation questions
-20mins of product-oriented technical Statistics and Probabilities questions
-2 x 5mins in each interview to ask questions about the company, present yourself, talk about your projects and interests.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about distributions, robust statistics, useful metrics for some product and how to measure them.
Questions in SQL to extract a distribution from tables.
How would you improve a certain product?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Nov 2019
Interview
Interview had 3 parts. I aas quizzed on statistics, SQL coding and Python coding.
It required a thorough review of basic stats, which I didn't have time for along with my graduate courses and midterms.