Data Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
February 26, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied through an employee referral. The process took two months.
The interview process had one Online Technical Assessment with SQL and Python questions. Then I had four final rounds:
- Three full-stack rounds, which tested product sense, data modelling, and ETL pipeline debug questions.
- One ownership round, which revolved around behavioural skills and Meta's core values.
Questions
They asked about Python lists, dictionaries, and related questions. They also gave streaming and batch data and asked to write functions for them.
Was this helpful?
Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Meta Data Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
14%
Pass 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
Positive43%
Neutral29%
Negative29%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Meta's Data Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Meta Work Experiences
5.0
Meta is great
Data Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 16, 2022
Pros: - Lots of perks
- Great management
Cons: - Meta uses in-house tooling for everything.
This might lead to them becoming out of touch with other technologies.
3.0
Overall good, but stunts growth
Data Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
July 11, 2025
Pros: - Pays well
- Teams move fast
Cons: - Stunts your growth (difficult to get promoted).
- Many XFNs with a ton of requests (too many at times).
- Manager churn is high.
4.0
Great people to work with
Data Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 26, 2022
Pros: The people are very skilled and kind. The tech stack is phenomenal.
Cons: Long hours sometimes.
Contractor pay isn't amazing.
- 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.
- 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.
- 4.0Great people to work withData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 26, 2022Pros: The people are very skilled and kind. The tech stack is phenomenal.Cons: Long hours sometimes. Contractor pay isn't amazing.
Meta Interview Questions
Explore Interview QuestionsTaro 75Google Interview QuestionsMeta Interview QuestionsAmazon Interview QuestionsApple Interview QuestionsNetflix Interview Questions
Explore Interview ExperiencesOpenAI Interview ExperiencesAnthropic Interview ExperiencesPerplexity Interview ExperiencesWindsurf Interview ExperiencesMistral AI Interview Experiences
