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Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience - Londonderry County Borough, United Kingdom

October 25, 2023

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first round was a chat with the hiring manager about my experience and the role.

The second round was a typical software engineering coding test, including LeetCode Hard problems as well as basic ML questions.

The next round would have been the final round, with multiple coding rounds, a math round, and a systems design round.

Questions

Common competitive programming problems plus basic machine learning questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Snap Machine Learning Engineer role in Londonderry County Borough, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Snap's interview process for their Machine Learning Engineer roles in Londonderry County Borough, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Snap's Machine Learning Engineer interview process in Londonderry County Borough, United Kingdom.

Snap Work Experiences

1.0

Lays you off. Rehires less qualified individuals for hire salary. Colleagues split your equity

Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee

June 20, 2023

Pros: You have the opportunity to work (for those who will later eat your lunch).

Cons: It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Not much to go around; you could be next.

1.0

Lays you off. Rehires less qualified individuals for hire salary. Colleagues split your equity

Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee

June 20, 2023

Pros: You have the opportunity to work (for those who will later eat your lunch).

Cons: It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Not much to go around; you could be next.

3.0

Great people and good pay, but the business is screwed

Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 1, 2023

Pros: Amazing colleagues, industry-leading technology in AR, and the ability to make a great impact. Compensation and benefits are great.

Cons: Upper management seems to have no long-term idea of how to generate profit. Business is not growing, and good initiatives are getting buried.

3.0

Great people and good pay, but the business is screwed

Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 1, 2023

Pros: Amazing colleagues, industry-leading technology in AR, and the ability to make a great impact. Compensation and benefits are great.

Cons: Upper management seems to have no long-term idea of how to generate profit. Business is not growing, and good initiatives are getting buried.

4.0

Good people, low stocks

Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

November 26, 2025

Pros: Interesting tasks, GenAI, product launches

Cons: The stock has not grown over the last few years.

4.0

Good people, low stocks

Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

November 26, 2025

Pros: Interesting tasks, GenAI, product launches

Cons: The stock has not grown over the last few years.

1.0

Lays you off. Rehires less qualified individuals for hire salary. Colleagues split your equity

Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee

June 20, 2023

Pros: You have the opportunity to work (for those who will later eat your lunch).

Cons: It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Not much to go around; you could be next.

1.0
Lays you off. Rehires less qualified individuals for hire salary. Colleagues split your equity
Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee
June 20, 2023
Pros: You have the opportunity to work (for those who will later eat your lunch).
Cons: It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Not much to go around; you could be next.

3.0

Great people and good pay, but the business is screwed

Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 1, 2023

Pros: Amazing colleagues, industry-leading technology in AR, and the ability to make a great impact. Compensation and benefits are great.

Cons: Upper management seems to have no long-term idea of how to generate profit. Business is not growing, and good initiatives are getting buried.

3.0
Great people and good pay, but the business is screwed
Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
September 1, 2023
Pros: Amazing colleagues, industry-leading technology in AR, and the ability to make a great impact. Compensation and benefits are great.
Cons: Upper management seems to have no long-term idea of how to generate profit. Business is not growing, and good initiatives are getting buried.

4.0

Good people, low stocks

Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

November 26, 2025

Pros: Interesting tasks, GenAI, product launches

Cons: The stock has not grown over the last few years.

4.0
Good people, low stocks
Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
November 26, 2025
Pros: Interesting tasks, GenAI, product launches
Cons: The stock has not grown over the last few years.

Snap Interview Questions

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

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Minimum Window Substring

Hard

Find the smallest substring within a larger string that contains all the characters of a target string. You need to locate the minimum window that satisfies this condition.

StringsSliding Windows

Word Ladder

Hard

Transform one word into another, one letter at a time, using only words from a given dictionary. Find the shortest sequence of words to reach the target.

GraphsStrings