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Meta Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 15 questions · ~197 min
Mouse and Valid Move APIMedium
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Use API-only depth-first search with backtracking to find a path from a mouse to cheese.

apidfsAlgorithmsMeta
Max Water Level with Path ConstraintHard
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Use binary search and grid traversal to find the highest water level that permits a path from Start to End.

binary searchbfsAlgorithmsMeta
Merge IntervalsMedium
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Merge two sorted, non-overlapping interval lists using a two-pointer sweep to produce their union.

ArraysArray ManipulationAlgorithmsMeta
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System Design15 questions · ~197 min
ML Model Choice and LossHard

Choose an appropriate ML model and loss function, explaining tradeoffs, serving implications, and evaluation.

ML Rankingdesignfailure modesMeta
Design Image Search AppHard

Design an end-to-end image search system like Pinterest, covering retrieval, ranking, serving, evaluation, and failure handling.

ML Rankinginference latencydesignMeta
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Machine Learning15 questions · ~197 min
Complexity of Self-AttentionHard
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Implement self-attention, derive its complexity, and explain how FlashAttention reduces memory traffic without changing the result.

model architectureDeep LearningoptimizationMeta
1-NN Embedding Lookup Forward PassHard
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Implement a batched 1-nearest-neighbor embedding lookup and explain the complete forward pass, including distance computation and serving tradeoffs.

model architectureDeep LearningModel EvaluationMeta
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~52 min
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More topics1 question · ~13 min
Maintain an End-to-End ML PipelineMedium
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Assesses experience operating and improving production ML pipelines.

productionMeta
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