Determine Facebook's Restaurant Recommendation Viability Using Data
Company: Meta
Role: Data Scientist
Category: Analytics & Experimentation
Difficulty: medium
Interview Round: Onsite
##### Scenario
Facebook may launch a restaurant-recommendation product.
##### Question
How would you decide whether adding restaurant recommendations is worthwhile for Facebook, and which data would you use?
##### Hints
Size the addressable market, incremental engagement, revenue potential, cannibalization.
Quick Answer: This question evaluates a data scientist's ability to apply product analytics, market-sizing, engagement and revenue modeling, cannibalization assessment, and experimental measurement concepts.