I applied online. I interviewed at Snap (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2021
Interview
Pretty standard interview setup, a few algorithm questions as well as systems design. A few product questions about Snap itself, such as "what do you like about the product?", "what do you dislike about the product"?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Snap in May 2022
Interview
Zoom interview with one individual; she was very sweet and seemed to advocate for my success. First was a basic get-to-know-you interview followed by a hackerrank interview based on coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a previous project you worked on relevant to this position?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Snap (Mountain View, CA) in Jun 2022
Interview
I was interviewing for the L4/L5 position at Snap. I had 4 rounds and finally got an offer for an L4 position. The pay is close to L5.
(You need to have managed teams or people in order to qualify for an L5 position. You can either "talk" well and get the L5 position or it'll default to L4. I wish I knew this, else I would've sold my work / experience leading engineers better)
YOE: 6 years
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Design Interview: Design a game leaderboard with top K results. Assume there is an online game that's taking place, and you need to only build the dashboard that everyone is viewing.
2. Behavioral: They try to gauge your level here - so try to aim for an L5 - or explicitly state so.
3. Merge k sorted lists
4. Schedule matches between two sets of players where no two players have a re-match (play only once against each other)