I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Snap (Venice, CA)
Interview
I had a technical interview over google hangout then 4 technical on-site interviews + lunch. Everyone was very nice and passionate about Snapchat and the stuff they were working on. We shared some laughs and wrote some code. I liked that I could implement and debug the solutions on my laptop using intelliJ rather than on a whiteboard, which was much more comfortable and realistic. Even got a little goodie bag from the recruiting team. Nice touch
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical coding and design questions. Implement real working solutions on laptop
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.
