Interview Experiences

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

Two SQL Questions on Post Success Rate

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

AR, AE, SQL, and BQ Onsite Rounds, No Offer

Honestly, way too many people have been copying interview notes over to Xiaohongshu lately, so I've set some limits on mine — I don't want to be scrolling xhs and suddenly run into my own interview notes, lol. AR: Felt like a new question — hadn't seen it in recent interview notes. The question was: suppose you're on the ads team and you built a new ad recommendation model, how would you go about…

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

SQL and Product Sense in a 45-Minute Screen

Giving back to the forum. I scheduled this interview in late March for early April. The interviewer was very nice and patiently gave me hints — maybe a few too many hints, so I'm not sure how it'll turn out. I didn't hear anything within 24 hours, so I'm probably out, but I don't think I could have done any better. While it's still fresh in my memory, let me share it with everyone. Round 1: Techn…

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

Three-Day Onsite, Rejected Over Shallow Stats Depth

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

SQL, Behavioral, and Analytics Execution Rounds

The behavioral round was also some classic questions. For this round I also prepared one example for each question mentioned on the forum — when I got something similar in the actual interview I just tweaked the answer slightly. For the result, it helps to state it clearly, so the interviewer understands exactly how your action solved the problem well and got a good outcome. The questions I got w…

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MetaData Science Analyst
Oct 2025

Four VO Rounds (SQL, Stats, Product, BQ) and an Offer

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MetaData ScientistSenior+
Oct 2025

Onsite Case on a New Chat App, Ending in a Spaghetti-Chart Slide Critique

The interviewer had many years of experience and had a friendly, easygoing demeanor. Overall I felt our conversation flowed pretty smoothly, back and forth, and I was able to quickly follow up on a lot of the points he raised and give balanced, two-sided answers. Structurally I stuck to the standard framework (clarify, goal, pros/cons, hypothesis, data points, ...). Maybe because this was L5, the…

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

Onsite Went Easier Than Expected, Landed an Unexpected L5 Offer

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

A Full List of Probability and Stats Questions

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

SQL, Stats, and an Instagram Shopping Tab Product Case

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

SQL and a Group Call Product Case in the Phone Screen

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

Rejected on the Phone Screen After a Third Attempt

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

Three of Four Onsite Rounds Done, Technical Session Pushed Two Weeks

I finished 3 out of 4 rounds of my VO (virtual onsite) yesterday, and while it's still fresh in my memory I wanted to share the experience. The reason I only got through 3/4 is that right after my third round, the recruiter told me the final Technical session would need to be rescheduled — it ended up getting pushed two weeks out, which feels like such slow torture (I originally wanted to knock o…

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

3 of 4 Onsite Rounds Done, Last Round Pushed Two Weeks

I finished 3 out of 4 rounds of my virtual onsite yesterday, so while it's still fresh in my memory, let me share the experience. The reason I only finished 3/4 is that right after the third round, the recruiter told me the final Technical session needed to be rescheduled — it ended up getting pushed two weeks out. Such a slow death (I originally wanted to get through the whole thing in one day,…

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

Three Rounds Done, Final Technical Session Pushed Two Weeks Out

I finished 3 out of 4 rounds of my virtual onsite yesterday, so while it's still fresh in my memory, let me share my experience. The reason I only finished 3/4 is that after the third round, I found out the recruiter said the final Technical session needs to be rescheduled — it ended up getting pushed two weeks out. Such a slow death (I originally wanted to knock out the whole day in one go, spec…

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MetaData Science Manager
Oct 2025

Six VO Rounds, None Matched the Forum's Question Bank

Since I looked at basically all the interview reports for the IC track, most of the time people are just going back and forth between the same cases from the past two years: AR, 4 cases: Restaurant recommendation IG shopping FB group/circle FB vs. IG AE, 4 cases: Fake accounts Fake news Comment distribution Ads inserted into the feed I've already summarized it like this, so go search the specific…

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

Six VO Rounds, Almost No Forum Case Overlap

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MetaData Scientist
Oct 2025

SQL Case Study on Launching a Notification Feature

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MetaSoftware Engineer
Oct 2025

Onsite Loop Sunk by a System Design Round

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MetaSoftware EngineerSenior+
Oct 2025

Phone Screen Plus a Five-Round VO

I interviewed at Meta at the end of last year. Reading other people's interview reports on this forum helped me a lot, so I'm sharing mine to give back. Phone screen: the first part was the usual behavioral questions, and the second part was two LeetCode problems tagged Easy on Meta's list. VO (virtual onsite): 2 rounds of coding, 2 rounds of system design, and 1 round of BQ. The coding and syste…

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What are interview experiences?

An interview experience is a candidate's own account of a hiring loop — not a question bank entry. It tells you the shape of the process: how many rounds there were, what each round actually tested, how long the gaps between them ran, and what the recruiter said at the end. That context is the part a question list cannot give you.

How to read them

Weight recent write-ups more heavily — interview loops change, often within a year. Read several for the same company and role rather than one: a single account tells you what one interviewer asked, while five tell you what the bar is. Note the outcome badge too, since a rejection write-up usually explains the gap far more precisely than an offer one.

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