I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Menlo Park, CA)
Interview
One phone screen, mainly introducing myself. one technical including product sense, SQL or Python, you can pick, and statistical question. The product sense question is asked based on SQL. and 4 VO
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Statistics: M company want to buy N impression on Facebook advertising. Calculate probability that at least one impression viewed by user. Then calculate expectation value. Then if 75% user are engaged users and has 80% chance to convert, rest users are not engaged and only got 40% chance to convert. What is the probability of conversion.
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
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
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Question 1
Questions on Bayes Theorem, Probability distribution, etc.
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.
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