Skip to contentSkip to footer
  • Community
  • Jobs
  • Companies
  • Salaries
  • For Employers
      Notifications

      Loading...

      Elevate your career

      Discover your earning potential, land dream jobs, and share work-life insights anonymously.

      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      Meta

      Engaged Employer

      About
      Reviews
      Pay & benefits
      Jobs
      Interviews
      Interviews
      Related searches: Meta reviews | Meta jobs | Meta salaries | Meta benefits | Meta conversations
      Meta interviewsMeta Data Scientist interviewsMeta interview


      Glassdoor

      • About / Press
      • Awards
      • Blog
      • Research
      • Contact Us
      • Guides

      Employers

      • Free Employer Account
      • Employer Center
      • Employers Blog

      Information

      • Help
      • Guidelines
      • Terms of Use
      • Privacy & Ad Choices
      • Do Not Sell Or Share My Information
      • Cookie Consent Tool
      • Security

      Work With Us

      • Advertisers
      • Careers
      Download the App

      • Browse by:
      • Companies
      • Jobs
      • Locations
      • Communities
      • Recent Posts

      Copyright © 2008-2026. Glassdoor LLC. "Glassdoor," "Worklife Pro," "Bowls," and logo are proprietary trademarks of Glassdoor LLC.

      Company Bowl sample

      Want the inside scoop on your own company?

      Check out your Company Bowl for anonymous work chats.

      Bowls

      Get actionable career advice tailored to you by joining more bowls.

      Followed companies

      Stay ahead in opportunities and insider tips by following your dream companies.

      Job searches

      Get personalized job recommendations and updates by starting your searches.

      Data Scientist Interview

      Apr 29, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Menlo Park, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA) in Apr 2020

      Interview

      The process was extremely well-managed, and the recruiters were very prompt and helpful. They do a great job of preparing you for each step of the process. The first round is a telephone screening which was around 10-15 mins long. I was asked a very open-ended question about how I would broadly analyze the drop of key performance metrics and 5 simple questions on SQL. The next round, which was the technical screening, took place around 3 weeks later. A similar broad and open-ended product question was posed, and I could not help but feel that the only thing that was being evaluated was my ability to think in a structured manner. This was followed by a couple of relatively simple queries where I was asked to write a code to get a frequency distribution and a simple case-when application. The onsite round took place online. The first 2 rounds were very similar to the first round in the technical screening in terms of the open-ended nature of the questions, and the evaluation criteria still seemed to be more of how you walked the interviewer through your thoughts without getting overwhelmed or sidetracked. The technical round was SQL again (though there was no restriction on the language I wanted to use), and the problems where definitely slightly more challenging. You need to be quick on your feet with SQL, I was asked what sounded like a very simple question which actually involved a cross join and some creativity on the spot. The last round was a quant round that revolved around Bayes' theorem, Power of tests, Type 1 error/type-2 error, and imbalanced classification. Intuitive explanations of the math were just as important as being able to solve the problems. All the interviewers were extremely pleasant and conversations. Nobody seemed like they were 'out to get you', but were there trying to actually assess whether you could think coherently and whether they would be willing to work with you. It would have been a great experience even if I had not received an offer, but they were kind enough to extend one to me within 3 days of the onsite round.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1) Provided a table with user_id and dates they visited platform, find the top 100 users with the longest continuous streak of visiting the platform as of yesterday. 2) Provided a table with page_id, event timestamp and a flag for a state (which is on/off), find the number of pages that are currently on.
      13 Answers
      59

      Other Data Scientist Interview Reviews for Meta

      Data Scientist Interview

      Jun 11, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Cambridge, MA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Meta (Cambridge, MA)

      Interview

      Total 7 rounds: first round for resume screening, second for technical screening, then for on-site virtual with 4 interviews back to back, then hiring manager round after team matching and then salary negotiation with HR

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Meta’s evaluation rubrics focus heavily on "Product Thinking over Fancy Math". Interviewers want to see if you can operate like a product owner with an analytical mindset, navigating messy scenarios affecting billions of users
      Answer question

      Data Scientist Interview

      May 23, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Menlo Park, CA
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA)

      Interview

      The Interview Process is very structured - First Tech Screening round - 45 mins (usually can extend a bit depending on the interviewer) - 2 SQL Questions ( Medium to Hard ) - based on Joins Full Loop - 4 rounds 45 mins each. - SQL - Behavioral - Analytical Execution - stats & prob, A/B testing, case study - Analytical Reasoning - Case study

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Questions on Bayes Theorem, Probability distribution, etc.
      Answer question

      Data Scientist Interview

      May 13, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Meta

      Interview

      Completed 3 rounds of the process, which includes the initial recruiter screen, technical, full loop, and team matching. Couldn't move past the full loop interview. The interview was very engaging, and I actually enjoyed working through the cases. No crazy questions.

      Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

      avatar
      Google
      4.5★Compensation & Benefits
      avatar
      Yandex
      3.9★Compensation & Benefits
      avatar
      Amazon
      3.7★Compensation & Benefits
      avatar
      Criteo
      3.8★Compensation & Benefits