The process was standard, except for the way it concluded, which was unprofessional in my opinion and left me with a bad taste.

A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn.com, and we scheduled a screening interview shortly after. The recruiter seemed nice and said she was moving me to the next step, which was an hour-long technical interview over Hangouts.

The technical interview went well, in my opinion. The interviewer asked about my background, presented a few technical scenario-type questions, and then posed a coding question. The question was average, and I came up with a good, though not the best, solution and wrote it out correctly. The interviewer mentioned there was a better solution, which I then realized after a minute. We then worked through the better solution, leaving just enough time for me to ask my own questions.

The following week, I received a "do-not-reply" email from a generic Snap Inc. recruiting account stating that I was not a fit. I was surprised not to receive a personalized communication from my recruiter, as this had been my experience with the few other tech companies for which I had applied and who did not wish to proceed. I emailed my recruiter to thank her and ask for feedback, but I was ignored.

I was not a fan of the impersonal "do-not-reply" email in the first place, but that was acceptable. However, I was disappointed in the unprofessional manner in which my recruiter ignored my follow-up email. I believe this reflects an important aspect of the company culture, and I am glad to have seen that side of them rather than joining the company and discovering later how Snap employees treat candidates or each other.

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