I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Feb 2019
Interview
I received an unprompted email from a recruiter and after learning what the position was I agreed to interview. The first step was a 45 minute video interview where I was asked to write SQL code and answer a few case study type questions related to their products. The recruiter suggested I use R or Python instead of SQL for this step, but when I was asked the interview question it was very clear that SQL was the best choice of coding language to use. After this step I was brought on for an onsite which consisted of 4 different 30 minute interview rounds, each of which had a different focus (statistics, technical product sense, business product sense, and a SQL whiteboard coding interview). Recruiters were incredibly useful in providing information and preparing me for the interview. In hindsight I did not take enough advantage of the recruiters and the information they provided. I was treated really well throughout the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw a sample distribution of average daily views by users for Instagram.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Jun 2018
Interview
Internal recruiter reached out and scheduled phone interview. The phone interview was mainly behavioral. After the phone interview, scheduled a video interview. Video interview was more technical and used a screen share to demonstrate coding ability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a new feature that may be useful in improving recommendations for an existing product. Walk through the model pipeline and how to test for its efficacy
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Feb 2019
Interview
20 mins HR Screening, 1 hr Phone interview and Onsite. The recruiters were generally very nice. And the travel experience was very smooth. A very positive interview experience. But since I graduated from a slightly different major, also having been staying in academia, it is harder for me to perform well in the coding session or to have a sharp product sense. Anyway, really like the company.