I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Snap (Los Angeles, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
The phone screen round with Sanp starts with interviewer asking questions about a project i worked on and then a meidum difficulty coding question but he digged very deep into the time and space complexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
typical leetcode backtracking question with time and space complexity.
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.
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.