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Software Engineering Intern Interview Experience

October 3, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Interviews were hosted on HackerRank.

Interview 1: Add two numbers represented by linked lists together.

Interview 2: Given a matrix, see if there are any columns that are the same as any of the rows. Then, I was asked to implement a Tic-Tac-Toe class with a self.play method from existing methods in a base class.

Questions

Add two numbers represented by linked lists together.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Snap Software Engineering Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Snap's interview process for their Software Engineering Intern roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral67%

Negative33%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Snap's Software Engineering Intern interview process in United States.

Snap Work Experiences

Good morals, but not everywhere

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

November 12, 2020

Pros: Good company that wants to do well by its employees and is intentional about its practices.

Cons: Little to no overhead for team-specific managers to apply these standards. As a result, a number of teams lack diversity. Some managers are only worried about goal achievement, and sometimes there's a lack of "team" structure, with teams opting for a solo engineer taking an entire project with occasional collaborations.

Good morals, but not everywhere

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

November 12, 2020

Pros: Good company that wants to do well by its employees and is intentional about its practices.

Cons: Little to no overhead for team-specific managers to apply these standards. As a result, a number of teams lack diversity. Some managers are only worried about goal achievement, and sometimes there's a lack of "team" structure, with teams opting for a solo engineer taking an entire project with occasional collaborations.

Learned Lots, Real Code

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: I learned a lot and worked closely with my mentor and manager. I also got to test and ship real code.

Cons: Works like a big tech company, but overall a great place.

Learned Lots, Real Code

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: I learned a lot and worked closely with my mentor and manager. I also got to test and ship real code.

Cons: Works like a big tech company, but overall a great place.

Friendly Team, Unstable Management

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Lots of friendly engineers, pay was okay in theory.

Cons: Management is unstable, which reflects on the company as a whole. Every week, we would get an email about senior position changes and reorganizations. The pay is too heavily reliant on unreliable stock.

Friendly Team, Unstable Management

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Lots of friendly engineers, pay was okay in theory.

Cons: Management is unstable, which reflects on the company as a whole. Every week, we would get an email about senior position changes and reorganizations. The pay is too heavily reliant on unreliable stock.

Good morals, but not everywhere

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

November 12, 2020

Pros: Good company that wants to do well by its employees and is intentional about its practices.

Cons: Little to no overhead for team-specific managers to apply these standards. As a result, a number of teams lack diversity. Some managers are only worried about goal achievement, and sometimes there's a lack of "team" structure, with teams opting for a solo engineer taking an entire project with occasional collaborations.

2.0
Good morals, but not everywhere
Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee
November 12, 2020
Pros: Good company that wants to do well by its employees and is intentional about its practices.
Cons: Little to no overhead for team-specific managers to apply these standards. As a result, a number of teams lack diversity. Some managers are only worried about goal achievement, and sometimes there's a lack of "team" structure, with teams opting for a solo engineer taking an entire project with occasional collaborations.

Learned Lots, Real Code

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: I learned a lot and worked closely with my mentor and manager. I also got to test and ship real code.

Cons: Works like a big tech company, but overall a great place.

5.0
Learned Lots, Real Code
Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
May 16, 2023
Pros: I learned a lot and worked closely with my mentor and manager. I also got to test and ship real code.
Cons: Works like a big tech company, but overall a great place.

Friendly Team, Unstable Management

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Lots of friendly engineers, pay was okay in theory.

Cons: Management is unstable, which reflects on the company as a whole. Every week, we would get an email about senior position changes and reorganizations. The pay is too heavily reliant on unreliable stock.

2.0
Friendly Team, Unstable Management
Software Engineer • Former Employee
None
March 5, 2024
Pros: Lots of friendly engineers, pay was okay in theory.
Cons: Management is unstable, which reflects on the company as a whole. Every week, we would get an email about senior position changes and reorganizations. The pay is too heavily reliant on unreliable stock.

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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