Data Engineer Interview Experience - United States

September 20, 2025

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Quick 30-minute recruiter call.
1-hour coding screen on Python + SQL.
Full onsite loop: 3 1-hour technical full-stack interviews and 1 quick 30-minute ownership round.

Questions

What is data engineering?

What is a time you took initiative?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 324 interview experiences for the Meta Data Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive64%

Neutral23%

Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Data Engineer interview process in United States.

Meta Interview Questions

Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Medium

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

Easy

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

Medium

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.

Trees