I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meta (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2016
Interview
Got the first round phone interview. The recruitment HR was really sweet. Sent me the details of what to expect and asked me to schedule a date for interviews in a few days. Scheduled it a week later. There were 2 rounds of interview and both the interviewers were really nice.
I was not satisfied with the process though. The second HR who scheduled my interview sent me a tentative time in the evening, however, on the day of the interview I got a mail that the interview is in an hour and it was supposed to be a.m. and not p.m. The interviewers did not have my phone number or resume, fortunately we were logged in into a shared coding platform from where we exchanged numbers. Also, the position advertised a heavy dependency on SQL and data modeling, and also the mail that the HR sent to me about what to expect stressed a lot on SQL and data modeling. However, I wasn't asked a single question about it but the interview rather focussed on only programming in python. When asked them about this, the reason was that SQL is easy to pick up and hence they don't stress much on it.
5 sql
5 data structure and algorithms
25 mins each
They won't go to the next problem until one is done and expected results are met
Interviewer was very professional and tried to guide to think through the problem
Wen through standard screening call then the TA. The TA was a much higher difficulty then the prep guide. Not so much the difficulty of the question from a technical perspective, but understanding what the question was actually asking for. Example would be a problem like bookstore checkout system, but the explanation of it was sort of vague and the interviewer didn't really help me clear it up.
Starts with a screen, followed by leetcode style SQL+Python questions, Full loop of SQL, Python, SQL plus Python and lastly behavioural round. Every round is also an architecture round in some sense.
Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Meta with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 365 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Meta overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Meta as a Data Engineer according to 365 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Background check: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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