Snowflake

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

September 1, 2019

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I submitted my application at a school career fair, and two weeks later, HR scheduled two phone interviews for me.

I have just finished the first one.

The interviewer preferred me to use Java or C++ since these are their major languages at work, but he was fine with me using Python.

There was one coding question of average difficulty.

The interviewer was very nice and helpful.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 36 interview experiences for the Snowflake Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

19%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral33%

Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Snowflake's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Snowflake Work Experiences

Advantage of Snowflake

Senior Web Developer • Former Employee

January 18, 2023

Pros: This company has a lot of talent and fully experienced developers.

Cons: I hope this company to be at the forefront of the software industry.

Advantage of Snowflake

Senior Web Developer • Former Employee

January 18, 2023

Pros: This company has a lot of talent and fully experienced developers.

Cons: I hope this company to be at the forefront of the software industry.

Decent Product, Just Okay Team

Engineer • Former Employee

San Mateo, California, United States

October 16, 2017

Pros: Good product with decent prospects.

Cons: Nothing special about the work environment and team. Not anymore.

Decent Product, Just Okay Team

Engineer • Former Employee

San Mateo, California, United States

October 16, 2017

Pros: Good product with decent prospects.

Cons: Nothing special about the work environment and team. Not anymore.

Good Work, Needs Velocity

Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: It's good. It wants to be better.

Cons: Developer velocity & tooling are weak points. The number of horizontal efforts and company-wide priorities makes it difficult to make progress sometimes. Performance ratings and leveling are documented well on paper but not in practice. There is a wide range of performance, quality, and skills in managers, even within the same level. Leveling almost feels arbitrary.

Good Work, Needs Velocity

Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: It's good. It wants to be better.

Cons: Developer velocity & tooling are weak points. The number of horizontal efforts and company-wide priorities makes it difficult to make progress sometimes. Performance ratings and leveling are documented well on paper but not in practice. There is a wide range of performance, quality, and skills in managers, even within the same level. Leveling almost feels arbitrary.

Advantage of Snowflake

Senior Web Developer • Former Employee

January 18, 2023

Pros: This company has a lot of talent and fully experienced developers.

Cons: I hope this company to be at the forefront of the software industry.

4.0
Advantage of Snowflake
Senior Web Developer • Former Employee
January 18, 2023
Pros: This company has a lot of talent and fully experienced developers.
Cons: I hope this company to be at the forefront of the software industry.

Decent Product, Just Okay Team

Engineer • Former Employee

San Mateo, California, United States

October 16, 2017

Pros: Good product with decent prospects.

Cons: Nothing special about the work environment and team. Not anymore.

3.0
Decent Product, Just Okay Team
Engineer • Former Employee
San Mateo, California, United States
October 16, 2017
Pros: Good product with decent prospects.
Cons: Nothing special about the work environment and team. Not anymore.

Good Work, Needs Velocity

Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: It's good. It wants to be better.

Cons: Developer velocity & tooling are weak points. The number of horizontal efforts and company-wide priorities makes it difficult to make progress sometimes. Performance ratings and leveling are documented well on paper but not in practice. There is a wide range of performance, quality, and skills in managers, even within the same level. Leveling almost feels arbitrary.

4.0
Good Work, Needs Velocity
Engineering Manager • Current Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
April 19, 2023
Pros: It's good. It wants to be better.
Cons: Developer velocity & tooling are weak points. The number of horizontal efforts and company-wide priorities makes it difficult to make progress sometimes. Performance ratings and leveling are documented well on paper but not in practice. There is a wide range of performance, quality, and skills in managers, even within the same level. Leveling almost feels arbitrary.

Snowflake Interview Questions

Happy Number

Determine if a number is a 'happy number'. A happy number eventually reaches 1 when replaced by the sum of the squares of its digits, repeating the process until it does.

ArraysRecursionTwo Pointers

Maximum Profit in Job Scheduling

You're given a list of jobs with start times, end times, and profits. Find the maximum profit you can obtain by scheduling a subset of jobs that don't overlap.

ArraysBinary SearchDynamic Programming

Maximum Number of Events That Can Be Attended II

You are given a list of events with start times, end times, and values. Determine the maximum total value you can obtain by attending at most 'k' events, without any overlapping events.

Dynamic Programming

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