Snapp (Iran) Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

Interview had 4 steps: 1. Tech interview with a team member disscused about my previous experience and some technical scenarios and how I would solve them, for instance how would I distinguish if an endpoint is slow and how can I fix it. 2. Another tech interview more focused on algorithms and DS. 3. Talk to hiring manager 4. Culture fit

So the interview started late, and the interviewer asked me some algorithm questions. There was a sorting question and then a big data question, which made sense because the position was for a map team. This question was about saving map tiles. They also asked some Golang questions, like about Goroutines and how to handle graceful shutdown using signals.

This whole thing usually takes over 4 weeks. You have 3 interview rounds that normally happen over 2-3 days. First up is a quick chat with HR, just some basic stuff. They asked about my past jobs, problems I'd solved, if I'd served in the military, what salary I was looking for, and what I expected from this role. Then there was supposed to be a technical chat with the team lead, I even got an email with their name. But they didn't show. They rescheduled, and again, no-show. So, two developers from the team, who looked like they might still be students, ended up giving me the interview. It was just a whiteboard session. They threw out two algorithm questions and one system design question. Honestly, they seemed a bit off for the job, I was kinda hoping for more backend-specific stuff like API design, software principles, tech I've used, and my ideas for the team. They didn't seem too keen on my past work either, like they hadn't even looked at my resume. Got a rejection email a couple of weeks later saying they found someone better.