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Evaluate impact of short videos in feed

Last updated: Mar 29, 2026

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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.

  • hard
  • Meta
  • System Design
  • Data Engineer

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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