Data Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Data Engineer I according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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I applied through other source. I interviewed at Meta
Interview
HR Phone screening, checking fits for the position, normal and basic questions before continuing next stages. later she described the upcoming stages which requires a preparing of 3 weeks on avg
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe me one project in your current comapny and how did you address it
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Meta (Sunnyvale, CA) in Nov 2025
Interview
The SQL questions are typically medium difficulty, involving joins, aggregations, window functions, and CTEs, often tied to real business scenarios like retention or funnel analysis. The coding questions (mostly in Python) lean toward easy to medium difficulty and cover arrays, strings, hashmaps, and 2-pointer techniques. Focus your prep on Meta-tagged LeetCode and StrataScratch problems, especially in SQL and data-heavy logic, and practice writing clean, performant queries.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL Questions
Python Questions
Data Modeling:
facts:
* different types of facts and their grain
* pro/con of your fact design
* don't be afraid to give more than one fact table
* identify pk, fk and relationship (1 to 1, 1 to M)
* pay attention to the grain you defined
dimensions:
* give attributes
* bridge table, scd 2, role play, pro/con of each type in terms of performance
Recruiter reached and had a conversation around the role and asked few questions around the sql and python and moved to screening and Asked about the 5 sql and 5 python question in the screening .