I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Snap (Venice, CA) in May 2016
Interview
4 people ask questions in turn. Some of the interviewers were typing very load on his own laptop when the interview was in progress. And some interviewers show some arrogance. The questions were not explained very well. They just picked random employees to do the interview even though the employees do not communicate well.
Hard but interesting. Had to go through 1 HM round, 2 coding rounds and 2 systems design rounds. Coding round was hit counter, and message recommendation system. The System design rounds were a bit challenging.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a recommendation system for messaging to predict the next word while typing
For the technical rounds, I was asked leetcode style questions. Need to practice Data structures and algorithms in order to do well on the interviews. It's important to explain the code as you go along and clarfiy any questions with the interviewer.
Interviewer is not good, has an accent and doesn’t point you in the right direction. Did not seem to be on your side the whole time. It was not a very nice experience.
