I was interviewed first over the phone for an initial screening, then for an hour-long Google Hangout. In my view, it went well, with always good and bad parts, though the good parts had the upper hand. Unfortunately, a single person then decided my fate.

The interviewer was friendly but young and new to the company, possibly moved due to an upcoming possible IPO. With low experience, they seemed to lack the authority to make a decision, and their focus was solely on solving a question (which honestly looked like a joke to me). I gave enough responses to qualify and followed up with text messages for detailed explanations.

Later, I checked Glassdoor, and it's full of stories like mine. It looks like this is a trend at Snapchat, but I'm not sure how much time they have to waste theirs and others' like this.

A useless question of finding a target value of a commodity using individual items.