I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Snap (Santa Monica, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
After practicing some leetcode, I used the same techniques I would to solve BFS style map traversal. I think I managed to solve the question. I might have did badly on the behavioral, I suspect. So I will try again in future. I think interviewing with all 5 of the team members was pleasant. the 3rd interview was behavioral, it was just a casual conversation with one of the members. The last one was a design question which caught me off guard, and I couldn't answer it very well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me some system design question as the fourth interview.
One initial screening call. Then 1 coding screen. Then an on-site with 3 coding rounds and 1 system design round. All the rounds were pretty straightforward DSA patterns and SD was also a common question you read about in SD interview prep books.
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.
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
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Snap with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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