Meta·Data Engineer

Meta Data Engineer interview experience

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United KingdomPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter call, I moved into what felt like a full speed technical screening loop.

The process consistently revolved around SQL and Python, where each round was framed as its own mini “architecture” test: translating requirements into a working approach, then proving I could execute under pressure. The early stages were already tough, not because the concepts were exotic, but because the prompts were sometimes loosely explained, and I had to figure out what the interviewer actually wanted and then drive the solution.

My first real technical round was the hardest part of the flow: a LeetCode-style set of problems split across SQL and Python, with an hour to finish a bunch

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