Meta

Data Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California

August 1, 2024

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It took a very long time to get the technical interview, scheduled almost two months in advance. The recruiter mentioned during the initial phone call that there was a backlog of candidates waiting to interview.

Questions

Advanced SQL:

Joins
Subqueries
Window functions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Meta Data Engineer role in San Diego, California.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Meta's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in San Diego, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

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

Meta Work Experiences

Exceptional Facebook Experience

Data Engineer • Former Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Really enjoyable experience at Facebook.

Cons: There were no cons here.

Exceptional Facebook Experience

Data Engineer • Former Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Really enjoyable experience at Facebook.

Cons: There were no cons here.

High Pressure, Rewarding Work

Data Engineer • Current Employee

January 8, 2021

Pros: Good benefits and interesting work.

Cons: It is a high-pressure work environment.

High Pressure, Rewarding Work

Data Engineer • Current Employee

January 8, 2021

Pros: Good benefits and interesting work.

Cons: It is a high-pressure work environment.

All as you expected

Data Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: High Compensation and Benefits, Career Growth and Learning

Cons: Bad work-life balance, PIP.

All as you expected

Data Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: High Compensation and Benefits, Career Growth and Learning

Cons: Bad work-life balance, PIP.

Exceptional Facebook Experience

Data Engineer • Former Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Really enjoyable experience at Facebook.

Cons: There were no cons here.

5.0
Exceptional Facebook Experience
Data Engineer • Former Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
August 9, 2021
Pros: Really enjoyable experience at Facebook.
Cons: There were no cons here.

High Pressure, Rewarding Work

Data Engineer • Current Employee

January 8, 2021

Pros: Good benefits and interesting work.

Cons: It is a high-pressure work environment.

5.0
High Pressure, Rewarding Work
Data Engineer • Current Employee
January 8, 2021
Pros: Good benefits and interesting work.
Cons: It is a high-pressure work environment.

All as you expected

Data Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: High Compensation and Benefits, Career Growth and Learning

Cons: Bad work-life balance, PIP.

3.0
All as you expected
Data Engineer • Former Employee
August 4, 2025
Pros: High Compensation and Benefits, Career Growth and Learning
Cons: Bad work-life balance, PIP.

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.

StringsStacksTwo Pointers

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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