Data Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
This was a tech screen using CoderPad. It lasted for 1 hour and included a problem set of about 5 SQL questions and 5 Python questions.
Generally, allocate about 5 minutes per question. The interviewer is helpful, so be sure to work with him or her.
Questions
There was a string parsing question via Python. Just know how to parse a string into words or even letters, and to apply some sort of logic to the string.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Meta Data Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Meta's Data Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Meta Work Experiences
- 4.0Good Benefits, Challenging TeamData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 28, 2021Pros: Generous benefits and great people.Cons: Team-dependent work culture. Can be high-pressure.
- 3.0Overall good, but stunts growthData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 11, 2025Pros: - Pays well - Teams move fastCons: - Stunts your growth (difficult to get promoted). - Many XFNs with a ton of requests (too many at times). - Manager churn is high.
- 5.0Meta is greatData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 16, 2022Pros: - Lots of perks - Great managementCons: - Meta uses in-house tooling for everything. This might lead to them becoming out of touch with other technologies.
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