I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Jun 2025
Interview
This review is for the 1st technical screening interview, which follows the recruiter screening call. It is a 45 minute video screening interview with a quantitative researcher. I received feedback that I am not moving forward in the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Choose an app you like and we will focus on this for the rest of the interview. Say that users are suddenly dropping off from using the app (they still have an account but stop using it). How would you research the basis for this churn? Then there were additional follow-on technical questions related to steps in looking at different types of data (log data, surveys, integrating qualitative data, sampling/weighting, reaching out to users for feedback when they are no longer using the app, survey development - questions, etc., trade-offs in response analysis choices (e.g., means vs aggregating percent pos/neg, how to prioritize findings, how to present results to stakeholders, what to do if some factor you cannot measure is the reason for churn, and what to do if you need to get some kind of results fast (e.g., like in 2 days and there is no time to conduct a survey). From my interview, Meta heavily focuses on survey data and user log data and producing simple analyses with great rigor (less focus on 'niche' advanced analytics like network analysis or multilevel modeling) so be prepared to show preciseness, in depth knowledge of survey development and analysis and user log data. Do not waste your time preparing answers using advanced analytical approaches.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta in Jun 2025
Interview
Recruiter phone screen, 1st Round, then full set of interviews. Recruiter forgot to give me a call during the time slot - enough said. Then the first round interview seemed easy enough, but the interviewer seemed disinterested.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please describe how you would conduct research on the following case.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meta in May 2025
Interview
Had a referral from a senior UXR, which led me to a pretty quick first round of interview. The interviewer was very knowledgeable, but I was able to answer all questions and scenario questions based on what I have prepared. Made it to the final loop - 4 hours in total, presentation was 45 minutes long with manageable questions, skill interviews were very technical and statistics oriented but nothing unmanageable. Behavioral interview was also manageable, no unexpected questions. You just need illustrative story that you can use as examples. Be sure to read their instructions and guidelines.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you report from your analysis to the team?