Meta

Data Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California

September 1, 2016

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The interview process:

Recruiter reached out via LinkedIn.
Initial chat with recruiter.
Two phone interviews - one focused on SQL, one focused on coding.
Onsite interviews - three full-stack case interviews, one behavioral lunch interview.

The entire process was very well-coordinated, and everyone I met was very nice and professional. The onsite case interviews were full-stack and tested your product sense, data modeling/warehousing knowledge, SQL, and general coding. It focused more on breadth than depth.

Questions

Given a raw data table, how would you write the SQL to perform the ETL to get data into a desired format?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 82 interview experiences for the Meta Data Engineer role in Menlo Park, California.

Success Rate

21%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in Menlo Park, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive68%

Neutral20%

Negative12%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Data Engineer interview process in Menlo Park, California.

Meta Work Experiences

Data at Facebook

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Collaboration, focus on impact, vision, and great company culture.

Cons: Competitive environment, not a good work-life balance.

Data at Facebook

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Collaboration, focus on impact, vision, and great company culture.

Cons: Competitive environment, not a good work-life balance.

Outstanding Perks And People

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Amazing food, benefits, office, perks, and people are awesome.

Cons: I can't really think of any.

Outstanding Perks And People

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Amazing food, benefits, office, perks, and people are awesome.

Cons: I can't really think of any.

Lives up to the hype

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Impact, scale, the learning, tools, smart coworkers, the perks (free food!), reputation / resume name value, the compensation, and internal mobility.

Cons: Work-life balance can be a challenge. Also, it's sometimes hard not to feel overshadowed if you're not a SWE. Overall, though, it's awesome.

Lives up to the hype

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Impact, scale, the learning, tools, smart coworkers, the perks (free food!), reputation / resume name value, the compensation, and internal mobility.

Cons: Work-life balance can be a challenge. Also, it's sometimes hard not to feel overshadowed if you're not a SWE. Overall, though, it's awesome.

Data at Facebook

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Collaboration, focus on impact, vision, and great company culture.

Cons: Competitive environment, not a good work-life balance.

5.0
Data at Facebook
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
June 3, 2020
Pros: Collaboration, focus on impact, vision, and great company culture.
Cons: Competitive environment, not a good work-life balance.

Outstanding Perks And People

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Amazing food, benefits, office, perks, and people are awesome.

Cons: I can't really think of any.

5.0
Outstanding Perks And People
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
July 10, 2020
Pros: Amazing food, benefits, office, perks, and people are awesome.
Cons: I can't really think of any.

Lives up to the hype

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pros: Impact, scale, the learning, tools, smart coworkers, the perks (free food!), reputation / resume name value, the compensation, and internal mobility.

Cons: Work-life balance can be a challenge. Also, it's sometimes hard not to feel overshadowed if you're not a SWE. Overall, though, it's awesome.

5.0
Lives up to the hype
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Menlo Park, California, United States
July 7, 2017
Pros: Impact, scale, the learning, tools, smart coworkers, the perks (free food!), reputation / resume name value, the compensation, and internal mobility.
Cons: Work-life balance can be a challenge. Also, it's sometimes hard not to feel overshadowed if you're not a SWE. Overall, though, it's awesome.

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Given a string with parentheses, determine the minimum number of parentheses you must remove to make the string valid. A valid string has balanced and properly nested parentheses.

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Valid Word Abbreviation

Determine if a given abbreviation is valid for a given word. An abbreviation can contain digits representing the number of skipped characters.

StringsTwo Pointers

Binary Tree Vertical Order Traversal

Traverse a binary tree and return a list of node values for each vertical line, ordered from left to right. Nodes on the same vertical line should be ordered from top to bottom.

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