I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Apr 2020
Interview
Technical Recruiter reached out to me via Linkedin and set up a phone interview. After that call, she set up the first initial interview with one of the Data Scientist at FB for about 20 days later. I started to prepare my self for the interview, meanwhile, she asked for my transcripts and diploma and the type of Visa that I'll need. Four days before the interview I got an email that "at this time we’ve filled our headcount for Data Scientists at the level/location you are interested in, and hence will, unfortunately, be canceling your upcoming interview". I have nothing to say....
First interview was a short talk with HR. The interviewer asked some basic business oriented data analysis questions. For example, how would you measure the success of a new feature to engage users.
Second interview was with a data scientist via video call. He asked additional business questions, mostly KPIs for different scenarios, and SQL questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two tables with the following columns:
USERS
user id
date
time stamp
post id
user action
action details
POST_REMOVED_BY_REVIEWER
post id
date
time stamp
report the daily ratio of posts removed by reviewers out of the user reported posts (user action = report)
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
Incredibly smooth process - recruiters are super responsive and accommodating. I got updates regularly as well as plenty of support around the types of questions I would be asked in the interview.