I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Snap (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
interviewed senior yr of college. two interviews on campus and was asked for onsite interview. flew into LA for a day and the visit consisted of 4 interviews and lunch
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they asked me to code simple cache and a sudoku checker (Whether given n by n is a valid sudoku solution) On site interviews were more difficult. i.e. how would you go about implementing one of the snapchat's features.
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.
