I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Snap (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Great experience, team really showed the positives of snapchat, tough but fair interview. Well rounded process which focused on important aspects of the job. I liked the focus on culture and appreciated that they had a culture specific interview. It showed when I joined, ended up working with great people.
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
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.
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.
