I was selected for an interview. It began with a call with a recruiter, but the call was more about explaining the process than cutting any candidates. I would be able to talk about your work history, what you want to do at snap, and why. I then had an online coding interview with an engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There is a list with words like: pin, pine, apple, pineapple. Go through the list and figure out which words are combinations of other words in the list, and which ones aren't
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.
