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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Los Angeles, California

August 1, 2017

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn.

First, I was given a HackerRank challenge. After that, a phone screen using CoderPad followed. The questions were pretty much in line with the ones mentioned on Glassdoor. I answered the question and two more follow-up questions, and ran the test cases as per the interviewer's instructions.

I received an email after a week stating that they did not find a fit. I don't know what went wrong, as they never give any feedback.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 25 interview experiences for the Snap Software Engineer role in Los Angeles, California.

Success Rate

12%

Pass Rate

Snap's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Los Angeles, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive44%

Neutral28%

Negative28%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Snap's Software Engineer interview process in Los Angeles, California.

Snap Work Experiences

Amazing perks! Fun place to work!

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: Flexible timings; good work-life balance. More of an ownership culture, similar to Google, Facebook, etc. Salary is good. Free food with the option to dine out at restaurants. They pay for your phone bill. Free Gold's Gym membership. Tons of company events like Santa Monica Pier party, cinema screenings, etc.

Cons: Since it's a relatively new company, there are a lot of policies that need time to settle in.

Amazing perks! Fun place to work!

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: Flexible timings; good work-life balance. More of an ownership culture, similar to Google, Facebook, etc. Salary is good. Free food with the option to dine out at restaurants. They pay for your phone bill. Free Gold's Gym membership. Tons of company events like Santa Monica Pier party, cinema screenings, etc.

Cons: Since it's a relatively new company, there are a lot of policies that need time to settle in.

Cool Team, Secretive Company

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

January 15, 2017

Pros: You work with the coolest people in the Los Angeles area! Teammates are usually helpful and responsive.

Cons: It's a highly secretive company. You sometimes read about new features in the headlines.

Cool Team, Secretive Company

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

January 15, 2017

Pros: You work with the coolest people in the Los Angeles area! Teammates are usually helpful and responsive.

Cons: It's a highly secretive company. You sometimes read about new features in the headlines.

Great company to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: Lots of freedom on projects; you aren’t just a code monkey, you can actually be impactful. Work with a lot of smart people. A lot of Googlers go to Snap after a couple of years at Google, so you meet a lot of very smart people in general. High TC. Awesome benefits.

Cons: Forced RTO. Not all office locations offer lunch.

Great company to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: Lots of freedom on projects; you aren’t just a code monkey, you can actually be impactful. Work with a lot of smart people. A lot of Googlers go to Snap after a couple of years at Google, so you meet a lot of very smart people in general. High TC. Awesome benefits.

Cons: Forced RTO. Not all office locations offer lunch.

Amazing perks! Fun place to work!

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: Flexible timings; good work-life balance. More of an ownership culture, similar to Google, Facebook, etc. Salary is good. Free food with the option to dine out at restaurants. They pay for your phone bill. Free Gold's Gym membership. Tons of company events like Santa Monica Pier party, cinema screenings, etc.

Cons: Since it's a relatively new company, there are a lot of policies that need time to settle in.

5.0
Amazing perks! Fun place to work!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Los Angeles, California, United States
June 11, 2017
Pros: Flexible timings; good work-life balance. More of an ownership culture, similar to Google, Facebook, etc. Salary is good. Free food with the option to dine out at restaurants. They pay for your phone bill. Free Gold's Gym membership. Tons of company events like Santa Monica Pier party, cinema screenings, etc.
Cons: Since it's a relatively new company, there are a lot of policies that need time to settle in.

Cool Team, Secretive Company

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

January 15, 2017

Pros: You work with the coolest people in the Los Angeles area! Teammates are usually helpful and responsive.

Cons: It's a highly secretive company. You sometimes read about new features in the headlines.

4.0
Cool Team, Secretive Company
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Los Angeles, California, United States
January 15, 2017
Pros: You work with the coolest people in the Los Angeles area! Teammates are usually helpful and responsive.
Cons: It's a highly secretive company. You sometimes read about new features in the headlines.

Great company to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: Lots of freedom on projects; you aren’t just a code monkey, you can actually be impactful. Work with a lot of smart people. A lot of Googlers go to Snap after a couple of years at Google, so you meet a lot of very smart people in general. High TC. Awesome benefits.

Cons: Forced RTO. Not all office locations offer lunch.

5.0
Great company to work for
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Los Angeles, California, United States
June 23, 2023
Pros: Lots of freedom on projects; you aren’t just a code monkey, you can actually be impactful. Work with a lot of smart people. A lot of Googlers go to Snap after a couple of years at Google, so you meet a lot of very smart people in general. High TC. Awesome benefits.
Cons: Forced RTO. Not all office locations offer lunch.

Snap Interview Questions

LRU Cache

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.

Minimum Window Substring

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

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.

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