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Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience

January 21, 2026
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Process

The process was an HR phone screen, a technical phone screen with two LeetCode questions (one easy and one hard), and a full loop. The full loop consisted of two coding interviews, one machine learning system design, and one behavioral. I had a follow-up coding round as well.

Questions

Design TikTok's short form video recommendation system.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 161 interview experiences for the Meta Machine Learning Engineer role.

Success Rate

12%
Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Machine Learning Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive57%
Neutral23%
Negative20%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Machine Learning Engineer interview process.

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