Evaluate impact of short videos in feed

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This question evaluates competency in metrics definition, causal experimentation, product analytics, and feed system behavior within the System Design and Data Engineering domain.

Evaluate impact of short videos in feed

Company: Meta

Role: Data Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: hard

Interview Round: Onsite

## Scenario You work on a social app’s main **News Feed**. The team wants to introduce a **short-form video module ("Reels")** into the feed. ## Prompt 1. How would you determine whether adding Reels to the News Feed is **successful**? 2. What **metrics** would you define (primary + secondary/guardrails)? 3. How would you design an **experiment / launch plan** to measure impact? ## Notes / Assumptions - The feed currently contains mixed content (text, images, long videos, links). - Reels may affect both **consumption** (viewing) and **distribution** (other content getting less exposure). - You have standard event logging for impressions, clicks, watch time, likes, comments, shares, hides, follows, etc.

Quick Answer: This question evaluates competency in metrics definition, causal experimentation, product analytics, and feed system behavior within the System Design and Data Engineering domain.

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Scenario

You work on a social app’s main News Feed. The team wants to introduce a short-form video module ("Reels") into the feed.

Prompt

  1. How would you determine whether adding Reels to the News Feed is successful ?
  2. What metrics would you define (primary + secondary/guardrails)?
  3. How would you design an experiment / launch plan to measure impact?

Notes / Assumptions

  • The feed currently contains mixed content (text, images, long videos, links).
  • Reels may affect both consumption (viewing) and distribution (other content getting less exposure).
  • You have standard event logging for impressions, clicks, watch time, likes, comments, shares, hides, follows, etc.

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