I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Stanford, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
0-Send a resume and wait for a Facebook Core Data Science team member to refer you for an intern position
1-Programming Questions and General Questions about PhD Work
2-Statistics Questions
3-Research Design Questions
All of the interviews were by phone. The interviewers came from a diverse set of disciplines and were quite friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1-Programming: Given data on Facebook members friending/defriending each other on Facebook, find out whether a given pair of members are currently friends.
2- Statistics: Very basic questions on treatment effects under various sampling schemes.
3-Research Design Question: How would you test whether having more friends now increases the probability that a Facebook member is still an active user after 6 months?
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.
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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