I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Meta (California, PA) in May 2025
Interview
Phone Screen:
Two leetcode questions
Full Loop:
Coding Rounds * 2 (Each contains two leetcode questions), System Design * 1, Behavioral * 1
Tips: Go to the Leetcode website and the Meta tag section. Brushing through the questions from the most high-frequency
All rounds were 45 min each.
1 screen (2 Leetcode mediums)
2 Leetcoding (2 leetcode mediums)
1 ML system design
1 Behavioural + Research experience
Overall seemed like a ML Eng role interview with some research aspects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions were about prioritizing speed of execution.
Standard AI scientist loop. Presentation on your research, AI coding, in domain and out of domain interviews along with a behavioral interview. ML fundamentals as well. 7 rounds of interviews total, making it quite difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the loss of a model with randomly initialized weights?