Acudí a una entrevista en Snap (Los Angeles, CA) en jun 2017
Entrevista
I was contacted by a Snapchat recruiter from their Los Angeles office. Following my phone conversation with him, I was scheduled for a technical phone interview.
The interview question had 2 parts. At first, my code was giving the wrong results due to a bug. I was able to fix it and finally all the tests passed.
Following that, I was so excited and I started preparing for the onsite. I was confident that they would invite me for an onsite. At my biggest surprise, I received an email saying that they decided not to move forward with my application. This was very shocking to me.
I then emailed the recruiter to ask if he didn't mind to tell me where I went wrong. I never heard back from him.
I wonder if they chose not to move forward with me due to cultural fit. Or may be they are looking for someone who can solve the question at first without a single bug.
Other than that, it was a great experience . Both the recruiter and the engineer who interviewed me were great and I enjoyed talking to both of them. I learned a lot about the company and I like what they do.
Hard but interesting. Had to go through 1 HM round, 2 coding rounds and 2 systems design rounds. Coding round was hit counter, and message recommendation system. The System design rounds were a bit challenging.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Design a recommendation system for messaging to predict the next word while typing
For the technical rounds, I was asked leetcode style questions. Need to practice Data structures and algorithms in order to do well on the interviews. It's important to explain the code as you go along and clarfiy any questions with the interviewer.
Interviewer is not good, has an accent and doesn’t point you in the right direction. Did not seem to be on your side the whole time. It was not a very nice experience.
