Meta — Instagram — Product Case Questions

Role context: Data Scientist, Product Analytics (Instagram) · Est. study time: 45 min · 3 questions

How these map to the Meta loop

These are Analytical Reasoning cases: an ambiguous prompt you structure, a metric you define, and a recommendation you defend while the interviewer adds constraints. The instinct they reward first is "is this even a problem worth solving, and for whom?" — so every answer starts by framing and decomposing, especially the two-sided viewer/creator dynamics unique to Instagram.

Each answer is a coaching walkthrough: a Sample answer (clarify → approach → a simulated back-and-forth → a clear call), then a Deep dive with illustrative example, then a Grading rubric.