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Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 4, 2016

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had applied online. The recruiting coordinator set up the interview.

I got a coding question from a Software Engineer who works at Snapchat. The Software Engineer was very helpful and guided me along the solution.

Questions

Design a hit counter.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 138 interview experiences for the Snap Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

19%

Pass Rate

Snap's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive46%

Neutral30%

Negative25%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Snap's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Snap Work Experiences

Good compensation, low growth

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: - Really smart people - Great compensation

Cons: - Entrenched managers and low growth opportunities other than a salary increase.

Good compensation, low growth

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: - Really smart people - Great compensation

Cons: - Entrenched managers and low growth opportunities other than a salary increase.

Smart Team, Messy Planning

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Interesting problems, strong engineering talent, good pay/perks.

Cons: Planning and organization leave something to be desired.

Smart Team, Messy Planning

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Interesting problems, strong engineering talent, good pay/perks.

Cons: Planning and organization leave something to be desired.

Amazing place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: * Small team * Well-funded * Intelligent and dedicated coworkers * Huge impact on a product with a pretty large user base * Work out of a beach house * Salary competitive with large tech companies - not a startup salary * Large equity grants * Good connections * Office is on Venice Beach - balcony gives a great view of the ocean * Vision is inspiring

Cons: * Beach house can be distracting. * A lot of work – some social sacrifices need to be made. * A lot of responsibility over the product – stressful at times.

Amazing place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: * Small team * Well-funded * Intelligent and dedicated coworkers * Huge impact on a product with a pretty large user base * Work out of a beach house * Salary competitive with large tech companies - not a startup salary * Large equity grants * Good connections * Office is on Venice Beach - balcony gives a great view of the ocean * Vision is inspiring

Cons: * Beach house can be distracting. * A lot of work – some social sacrifices need to be made. * A lot of responsibility over the product – stressful at times.

Good compensation, low growth

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: - Really smart people - Great compensation

Cons: - Entrenched managers and low growth opportunities other than a salary increase.

4.0
Good compensation, low growth
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 8, 2021
Pros: - Really smart people - Great compensation
Cons: - Entrenched managers and low growth opportunities other than a salary increase.

Smart Team, Messy Planning

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Interesting problems, strong engineering talent, good pay/perks.

Cons: Planning and organization leave something to be desired.

4.0
Smart Team, Messy Planning
Software Engineer • Current Employee
April 20, 2020
Pros: Interesting problems, strong engineering talent, good pay/perks.
Cons: Planning and organization leave something to be desired.

Amazing place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pros: * Small team * Well-funded * Intelligent and dedicated coworkers * Huge impact on a product with a pretty large user base * Work out of a beach house * Salary competitive with large tech companies - not a startup salary * Large equity grants * Good connections * Office is on Venice Beach - balcony gives a great view of the ocean * Vision is inspiring

Cons: * Beach house can be distracting. * A lot of work – some social sacrifices need to be made. * A lot of responsibility over the product – stressful at times.

5.0
Amazing place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Los Angeles, California, United States
July 7, 2013
Pros: * Small team * Well-funded * Intelligent and dedicated coworkers * Huge impact on a product with a pretty large user base * Work out of a beach house * Salary competitive with large tech companies - not a startup salary * Large equity grants * Good connections * Office is on Venice Beach - balcony gives a great view of the ocean * Vision is inspiring
Cons: * Beach house can be distracting. * A lot of work – some social sacrifices need to be made. * A lot of responsibility over the product – stressful at times.

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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