Sr. Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 4.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Data Scientist roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Sr. Data Scientist according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 67%
Skills test: 33%
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Mine started with resume screening, then recruiter call, followed by technical screening. After that was the interviews suite, that was separated to 4 interviews total. After that I would have talk with the hiring manger
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The technical screening started with 2 sql question in a specific use case. Both question are easy enough (like the ones in most prep services)
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Meta (Palo Alto, CA) in Jul 2025
Interview
Not many stages and the portal is nice, but the coding portion was a bust. Instructions were not always clear and the interviewer wasn't necessarily enthusiastic to be conducting it.
I was initially contacted by a recruiter, after which I completed a mock-up assignment. Following that step, I moved forward in the process and participated in multiple technical interviews that evaluated my skills and problem-solving approach.