Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 150 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Research Scientist according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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talking to the hiring manager. He is very polite and friendly. Asking my research interests and experience. I feel that he is a nice guy. However, a few days after the interview HR told me that I'm rejected :( Maybe they were not so nice after all.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Meta in Jan 2025
Interview
1 round phone screen: 2 leetcode medium code
4 rounds virtual onsite: 2 coding, 1 machine learning system design, 1 behavioral question round
Get the final notification two weeks after the final interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding questions are tagged in leetcode.
ML system design is to design a system to detect harmful post.
It consists of several 1:1 interviews, a coding interview (pair coding) , research talk. Great experience overall. HR and teams super responsive and really try to attract the best talents.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Research talk to prepare and give in front of researchers