Meta Data Engineer interview experience

The problems were framed in a way that pushed multi-step logic, including data cleaning and efficiency concerns, rather than just getting through a single straightforward transformation. Even when it felt like I was doing “interview math,” I could tell the goal was to see whether I could build a correct chain of reasoning.

I didn’t receive an offer, and my main takeaway was that the bar wasn’t about how many questions I could answer—it was about whether my logic held up when the tasks got more intricate. That made the experience feel demanding, especially because it required more careful