I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Jun 2016
Interview
All around nice people and HR was excellent! At every stage they were clear and transparent.
Round 1: phone screening with basic logic questions. Checking that I knew basic probability, dependant and independant, stats concepts. Total time was 15-20 minutes.
Round 2: in-person 1:1. Product analytics case study. If we were to add X feature to Facebook, how would you measure if it was a good idea or not? A discussion ensued with each step leading to the next. Total time was an hour.
Round 3: a series of 1:1 interviews over the course of a day. Some in person, some video conf. Two case studies like above, 1 math (mostly probability and stat concepts), 1 SQL analysis, 1 SQL ETL.
I did not get an offer. HR did call me afterwards and reviewed the feedback from each interview. Super nice folk and I'm ok with their setting a very high bar to enter. Was told that I could check back next year.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
In Mexico, if you take the mean and the median age, which one will be higher and why?
Given a table that each day shows who was active in the system and a table that tracks ongoing user status, write a procedure that will take each day's active table and pass it into the ongoing daily tracking table.
Possible states are:
* user stayed (yesterday yes, today yes)
* user churned (yesterday yes, today no)
* user revived (yesterday no, today yes)
* user new (yesterday null, today yes)
Note: you'll want to spot and account for the undefined state.
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.
A friend who worked at Meta recommended I apply, which led to a direct connection with the hiring team. My interview journey included a technical screen focused on product metrics and a behavioral interview. The final round faced me with a practical question about measuring success for a new push notification feature. Funny enough, I had found similar questions in the company-specific prompt section on PracHub, which helped me approach it confidently. Ultimately, I received an offer but decided to decline it for personal reasons.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you measure the success of a new push notification feature on Instagram? Walk through your primary metric, guardrail metrics, how you'd design the A/B test (randomization unit, sample size, duration), and the tradeoffs between short-term engagement lift and long-term retention impact.
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.