There were many rounds of interviews consisting of in person and virtual. It was a long process, longer than I expected. 6+ months before an offer was made. I met with various teams and team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Speak to a moment where you exercised kindness in the workplace.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Snap in Aug 2021
Interview
The candidate is invited to a technical interview, followed by a panel interview with members of the team. After this, there are several rounds of interviews with different teams in the company. The final stage of the interview process involves an on-site interview with an engineering manager from another company.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Snap (Austin, TX) in Nov 2022
Interview
Recruiter call
Tech screen:
Asked React question, built a little game
Passed to on-site 5 rounds:
Rd 1: System Design: question was made up on the spot based on my experiences, made it hard to get defined answers
Rd 2: Technical: JS exercise around promises
Rd 3: Q&A, no feedback taken during this round.
Rd 4: System Design: Design part of Snapchat
Rd 5: Tech Exercise around string encoding and bite size.
Everyone was really kind and professional, the interviews were a bit adhoc which I both appreciated and disliked (they felt relevant and customized to me, but they were much less organized). Recruiter was the best I’ve ever had.
They announced a mandatory RTO as well.
Got middling feedback two days after last round no offer. Pretty sure I lost it on communication abilities to discern info, wish I would’ve spoken slower and listened more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why snap?? Describe a time you made big difference