I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Meta in Apr 2017
Interview
Was contacted by university recruiter. Very drawn out process, took several weeks just to get 2 phone screens in. First screen was technical, all SQL. Second was basic a/b test question, that I did not pass. Interviewers did not seem particularly engaged.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Londres, Inglaterra) in Nov 2014
Interview
First quick skype call, with general analytics related questions + little sql exercise.
Second round in person. A round of five separate interviews at Facebook HQ in Euston, each with a different flavour, some more general analytics/BI, some more technical (e.g. coding exercise, sql etc).
Some interviewers were very approachable and easy to talk to, some others much less. There was one case when I honestly thought the person interviewing me had something against me or was upset for some reason, as their behaviour was very rude and confrontational. I am a very peaceful person usually so I let it go.
Probably Facebook asked some random employees to come over from their HQ in the US to do these interviews in change of a little paid vacation in London. I suppose some of them were affected by the jet lag more than others.
Overall it was a good experience; it looked like the day was very well organised.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Imagine we see a lot of users filling up a form but not submitting it, why would it be the case and how would you use data to finding it out?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Meta (Vancouver, BC) in Dec 2016
Interview
First a brief introduction of yourself. Then why you choose facebook. The following is an online coding question using mysql. Then question about like/dislike system in the facebook. How to choose emotions and any problems in the A/B test. This question is quite hard and I didn't get it until the interviewer gave a lot of hints.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to choose emotions in like/dislike systems and any problems in the A/B test.