I applied online.
After a few weeks, I received an email asking about my availability.
I submitted my availability, and they scheduled a call with someone from the team I was applying for.
I had a call with a person who didn't introduce themselves, the role, or anything else. The interview was very technical, from beginning to end. It felt like a duty to the person, and they were intentionally trying to find gaps. Although the role is senior, half of what they asked is not something you hear when speaking with customers; it was "textbox" material. I did answer 90% of their questions.
After the interview, I didn't hear anything from them.
I reached out to ask for feedback, but again, no one responded. They totally ghosted me.
I'm upset because:
It was an unprofessional and bad interview experience. It's shameful because I had very high hopes for Snowflake, and I'm actually a great fit for the role! But it's okay if they don't think so; they should just give their candidates feedback and explain how the process works.
How to get records from two datasets?
What's columnar storage?
How do you migrate data from on-prem to AWS?
Any other silly questions that you'd ask someone junior?
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Snowflake Principal Data Platform Architect/Sydney role in Sydney, Australia.
Snowflake's interview process for their Principal Data Platform Architect/Sydney roles in Sydney, Australia is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Snowflake's Principal Data Platform Architect/Sydney interview process in Sydney, Australia.