I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Snowflake
Interview
I spoke with Hiring Manager for an individual contributor recruiter role and prepared against the job description. Without informing me or sending a new or modified job description she asked about my previous experience as a manager which I haven’t done in 6 yrs. Questions were detailed for manager role and I couldn’t recall specifics of my experience. I did poorly and ultimately received the generic decline email.
If the manager would’ve giving me some notice about her interest in me as a manager I would’ve been able to prepare. I can do the job but if you’re going to interview me for something I wasn’t prepared for then yes, I won’t answer the questions well. Bad form Snowflake. Set me up to fail.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most challenging role I filled
What kind of roles did I fill
What KPIs did I share for QBRs
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Snowflake (New York, NY) in Jun 2023
Interview
Recruiter call> HM call> technical screen> onsite> debrief> offer> they only send offer out once verbally accepted. Overall it was pretty straightforward .
They focus a lot on impact and complexity you solved. Don't forget to clarify the level you are interviewing for as they are very strict on levels
Very odd recruitment process here. Unstructured questions which seemed to be asked randomly and not questions relevant to the position. Seems like a disorganized company based on my experience. We only talked about how to get FAANG employees in there, so if you are non FAANG, I wouldn’t waste my time applying here.