I was contacted by a Facebook recruiter for a Data Scientist interview, but I'm not ready to take a new job right now. Should I take the interview for the practice or would that look bad if I want to seriously apply next year?

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Do it! I think it's important to still have interviews now and then to stay sharp, to know your value and to challenge yourself about what you want.

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I was in the same boat! I took the interview! Learned the game and what they were looking for!
But yes! Looking to do it next year all over again!
Mine was for decision scientist!

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Damn. I’ve only used so many exclamation marks, when I had received that email from facebook

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Take the interview. Throw caution into the wind. You literally have nothing to lose.

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100% take the interview. This could be an amazing opportunity for you and at the very least will be a significant learning experience.

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If you get rejected, you will have to wait an entire year before your eligible to interview. Just FYI

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Good to know! I won't be applying for another year anyway and it would probably be for a slightly different role

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It won’t look bad. If anything, it gets you in the system as someone who’s interested, so they’re more likely to contact you as things open up. FB is hiring a lot. Everyone knows there’s lots of noise in interviews so a past fail is by no means disqualifying

I would recommend prepping for it though. I’m not a DS but in my experience FB was very up front about what to expect in the process. You can also find a lot online about the general structure of it

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I’ll also add that they’re super flexible. If you get an offer and say “I need 6 months” I would not be surprised if they’d work with you on that

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