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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Monica, California

November 1, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

After practicing some LeetCode problems, I used the same techniques I would to solve BFS-style map traversal. I think I managed to solve the question. I might have done badly on the behavioral portion, I suspect, so I will try again in the future. I think interviewing with all five of the team members was pleasant.

The third interview was behavioral; it was just a casual conversation with one of the members. The last one was a design question, which caught me off guard, and I couldn't answer it very well.

Questions

They asked me some system design questions as the fourth interview.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Snap Software Engineer role in Santa Monica, California.

Success Rate

25%

Pass Rate

Snap's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Santa Monica, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive25%

Neutral50%

Negative25%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Snap's Software Engineer interview process in Santa Monica, California.

Snap Work Experiences

Terrible leadership and culture

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: Benefits and pay (if you get into the company at the right time)

Cons: Culture is terrible. Don't get fooled by "Kind, Smart and Creative". None of them is true. It is extremely hard to get a promotion. Career development is very limited. Questionable leadership.

Terrible leadership and culture

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: Benefits and pay (if you get into the company at the right time)

Cons: Culture is terrible. Don't get fooled by "Kind, Smart and Creative". None of them is true. It is extremely hard to get a promotion. Career development is very limited. Questionable leadership.

Great learning experience

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: Friendly teams and supportive ERGs

Cons: Workload changes a lot, and sometimes there are too many meetings.

Great learning experience

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: Friendly teams and supportive ERGs

Cons: Workload changes a lot, and sometimes there are too many meetings.

Good Pay, Project Chaos

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: - Good compensation, ignoring stock dip. - Ownership, depending on if you like having depth over breadth.

Cons: - Constant re-prioritization of projects - Poor work-life balance depending on the team

Good Pay, Project Chaos

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: - Good compensation, ignoring stock dip. - Ownership, depending on if you like having depth over breadth.

Cons: - Constant re-prioritization of projects - Poor work-life balance depending on the team

Terrible leadership and culture

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: Benefits and pay (if you get into the company at the right time)

Cons: Culture is terrible. Don't get fooled by "Kind, Smart and Creative". None of them is true. It is extremely hard to get a promotion. Career development is very limited. Questionable leadership.

2.0
Terrible leadership and culture
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Santa Monica, California, United States
March 16, 2024
Pros: Benefits and pay (if you get into the company at the right time)
Cons: Culture is terrible. Don't get fooled by "Kind, Smart and Creative". None of them is true. It is extremely hard to get a promotion. Career development is very limited. Questionable leadership.

Great learning experience

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: Friendly teams and supportive ERGs

Cons: Workload changes a lot, and sometimes there are too many meetings.

4.0
Great learning experience
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Santa Monica, California, United States
April 7, 2024
Pros: Friendly teams and supportive ERGs
Cons: Workload changes a lot, and sometimes there are too many meetings.

Good Pay, Project Chaos

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Santa Monica, California, United States

Pros: - Good compensation, ignoring stock dip. - Ownership, depending on if you like having depth over breadth.

Cons: - Constant re-prioritization of projects - Poor work-life balance depending on the team

3.0
Good Pay, Project Chaos
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Santa Monica, California, United States
April 14, 2023
Pros: - Good compensation, ignoring stock dip. - Ownership, depending on if you like having depth over breadth.
Cons: - Constant re-prioritization of projects - Poor work-life balance depending on the team

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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