Meta·Data Engineer

Meta Data Engineer interview experience

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Menlo Park, CAPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter conversation, my process moved into an online technical screen that felt like a speed test.

I had a block of SQL questions first—things like window functions and self-joins—then a Python section with basic data-structure work like dictionaries, sets, and list manipulation. It wasn’t really about the most complex logic; it was about writing clean code quickly without an IDE to lean on.

Then I went into the larger onsite-style loop with four rounds total: three full-stack case study sessions and one ownership-focused behavioral round. Each full-stack round was built around a product scenario, and I had to take it end-to-end: define KPIs from a product perspective, build out the

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