In the highly competitive battle for jobs at tech companies, theSnapchat Snapchat has become an ideal employer for many North American students because of its youthful team atmosphere, creative product line and flexible working style. Our team recently assisted a well-prepared candidate to successfully pass Snapchat's VO and get an offer, and in this article, we will share the whole process of this interview, hoping to provide a practical reference for you to prepare for Snapchat's interview!
First, resume screening (Resume Screening)
- The recruiting team or ATS system screens resumes, focusing on school background, project experience, internship experience, open source contributions, etc.
- Suggest highlighting your technical or user understanding as it relates to the Snapchat product.
II. Initial screening of recruiters (Recruiter Phone Screen)
- Hours long:Approx. 30 minutes
- Content:
- Self-introduction, project background
- Interest in Snapchat
- Simple behavioral issues (conflict management, teamwork)
- Interview process and schedule communication
III. Technical interviews (1-3 rounds)
1. Coding Interview
- Form:Codepad + Video Call
- Question Type:Medium Difficulty LeetCode Style
- Data structures: hash tables, queues, heaps, trees
- Algorithms: sliding window, DFS/BFS, dynamic programming
- High Frequency Questions:LRU Cache, Sliding Window Maximum, K Closest Points, etc.
2. "Lite" System Design
- Designing simplified systems such as short video services or chat systems
- Examining API design, database selection, scalability, concurrency handling
3. Behavioral Interview
- Assessing cultural fit, communication and collaboration skills
- Commonly used STAR rules for answering questions
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- Describe a time when you led a project
- How to cope with time constraints and heavy tasks
- Solutions for disagreements with the team
IV. Virtual Onsite (VO)/Final Round
- 3-4 rounds of back-to-back interviews (coding + design + behavioral), ~45 minutes per round
V. Follow-up process (Hiring Committee & Offer)
- Interviews are reviewed by the Hiring Committee.
- Upon approval, Recruiter makes verbal & formal offer.
- The overall process typically lasts 2-4 weeks
Snapchat Interview Real Questions to Share
Coding
Given an array of integers nums and window size k, returns the maximum value of all sliding windows.
Input: nums = [1,3,-1,-3,5,3,6,7], k = 3
Output: [3,3,5,5,6,7]
Description: maintains the window maximum using a double-ended queue with time complexity O(n).
System Design Example: Story Feature
Demand:Support for users to upload, view and expire 'Story' content after 24 hours.
- Upload a video or picture within 10 seconds
- Stories automatically expire after 24 hours
- See all active stories in your friends list
- Support high concurrency and fast response
Behavioral
- Please share a time when you were responsible for and drove a project to completion from start to finish.
- How do you make decisions when you don't have enough information?
- Tell us about an experience in a tightly paced project.
- Share one time when you received negative feedback and how you responded and what you learned.
- How do you explain complex technology to someone from a non-technical background?
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