Design a recommendation system from scratch

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This question evaluates expertise in recommender systems and related competencies including machine learning-based candidate generation and ranking, data instrumentation and logging, cold-start strategies, and large-scale system design concerns such as latency, throughput, and reliability.

Design a recommendation system from scratch

Company: Meta

Role: Machine Learning Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Onsite

Overview: This question evaluates expertise in recommender systems and related competencies including machine learning-based candidate generation and ranking, data instrumentation and logging, cold-start strategies, and large-scale system design concerns such as latency, throughput, and reliability.

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Feb 12, 2026
mediumMachine Learning EngineerOnsiteSystem Design
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