I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Meta in Apr 2025
Interview
The entire interview was supposed to be one hour, with 5 SQL and 5 Python questions. While the questions were generally available online, there were slight differences in the details, possibly due to minor tweaks. The interviewer was Indian, a senior Data Engineer with 10 years of experience. I mentioned that I wasn’t familiar with Codepad, and he gave me a short demo — but it was counted within the timer for my first SQL question (???).
When I got stuck and asked if he could give me a hint, I noticed he seemed completely disengaged, so I had to figure things out on my own. Later during the Python portion, he said there was a web tech issue and couldn’t give me the question immediately. He had to restart his computer, and it took more than 10 minutes to get the question. In the end, the whole interview dragged from one hour to an hour and a half.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Group by payment type to calculate total sales and the number of unique customers.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta in Mar 2025
Interview
A call with Meta Hr and about 20mins in total. Talk about my past data experience, what does DE do in meta, why want to quit current job and join Meta,
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Meta (New York, NY) in Mar 2025
Interview
Phone Screen - purely coding round followed by 3 Onsite technicals and 1 behavioural with a hiring manager.
5 SQL, Python each in the phone screen - Prepare LC and Stratascratch well, ensure you are able to solve problems fast, do not try and optimize at all. Code is tested to move to the next question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you influence a product decision at previous roles using data?