Snap Inc. Coding Interview
Summary
I had a 10‑15 minute background discussion followed by a live coding round on HackerRank where I solved a grid‑based traversal problem to return the top k nearest restaurants.
Interview Experiences & Insights
I had a 10‑15 minute background discussion followed by a live coding round on HackerRank where I solved a grid‑based traversal problem to return the top k nearest restaurants.
I had a phone screen with Snap where I was presented with a problem focused on distributing people across meeting rooms to maximize the minimum distance between them.
I had a phone screen interview at Snap for a Staff SWE role in the US, where I was tasked with implementing Java's Math.sin(x) function using its Taylor Series. Although I received some hints, I passed this round and was downleveled for the onsite interview.