I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Snap
Interview
Something is really wrong with their process. I answered question PERFECTLY - optimal algorithm, clean code, did it fast, and everything was great. Interviewer was impressed too. He was previously a Research Scientist at Facebook. But then, I got a rejection next day. I was SHOCKED! I have interviewed with many companies and I know what good performance is like. Other people say the same thing about Snapchat too. Seems like there is a generally agreed opinion: even if you do well in their interviews, they are still very random. Do not waste time interviewing with them if you are talented. People say that their interviewers are biased against certain kind of people and will reject them no matter what. No feedback is ever shared so they are off the hook.
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
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.
