Meta·Data Engineer

Meta Data Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After talking with a recruiter, I went into a technical screen that basically felt like a sprint.

The format was very concrete: a set of SQL and Python problems where I had to solve multiple items within a one-hour window. I remember being given 3 Python and 5 SQL problems, and the SQL portion was where things turned more intense. The interviewer kept pulling me back to my thought process and asked about time complexity, so I couldn’t just grind out code—I had to explain what I was doing while doing it.

The rules of engagement were also strict. In the screen, I had to write code that fully passed the test cases to move on, and there was a clear pass threshold that meant the first few

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