I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Snap (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2019
Interview
Technical Phone Interview conducted online. Was given a choice of UI or Data Structure problem.
I went with the Data Structure problem and proceeded to code up the solution online.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To solve a problem that included a stack. Pretty standard stuff.
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.
