Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Snap with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Snap overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Snap as a Data Scientist according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 29%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Snap in Feb 2026
Interview
I applied on the snap career website without a referral. Got reached out after ~1 week. HR screening, then technical screening, and finally 4 rounds of VO. There were prep calls between interviews.
First round was phone screen with basic probability and SQL questions.
On-site covered ml system design, a/b testing, python coding, and behavioral questions.
Interview was relatively easy, no leetcode questions asked but a tricky math/python coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to setup an a/b test to compare 2 different user interfaces
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Snap in Feb 2024
Interview
Initial conversation with a recruiter, scheduled a technical screen. They canceled one day before, rescheduled for the next week. Next week, I joined the call, waited for 15 minutes and the interviewer just didn't show up! Eventually, they apologized and rescheduled again. Finally, had a screen last week, it went very well, questions were SQL and simple stats, easy level. It look them a week to get back to me only to inform me that I didn't pass. Such a waste of my time! I'd avoid this company honestly.