I messaged a recruiter on LinkedIn who was able to get me a technical interview. After the initial get-to-know-each-other questions, I was asked two leetcode type of questions on hackerrank. The interviewer was very nice and patient even when I froze and couldn't think clearly.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Snap (Santa Monica, CA) in Dec 2022
Interview
Recruiter reached out through LinkedIn, I was scheduled for a technical interview with a SWE. Figured out later that my grad date doesn't match what they were looking for :/
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Medium Data Structure and and Algorithms problems.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Snap in Apr 2022
Interview
30 minute interview with trivial programming questions and behavioral questions
followed by 5 hour project based interview with 4 rounds, 5 parts, a 30 minute break, and 30 min QA
My interview experience was very poor. I solved all problems efficiently and my interviewers had positive feedback. However, after 2 weeks of silence I was rejected without explanation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Parse input and generate database of objects from input data
Filter and sort data structure by object field
searching for substring in string without built in functions
Apprentice 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 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Apprentice roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Apprentice according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Skills test: 27%
Personality test: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 7%
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