Snowflake - 2 phone screens + onsite

Hack2hire Community · 2026-05-15T00:00:00.100Z

Snowflake - Interview Experience - Software Engineer Result: Rejected Number of Rounds: 5 Two separate phone screens before the onsite. First was the closest cake problem: 2D grid, find minimum distance from each person to a cake. Multi-source BFS from all cake positions. Passed. Second was walls and gates variant: distances from each desk to nearest bathroom in a grid. Also BFS. Went fine. Onsite had 3 rounds. Round 1 was another grid problem, connected components with pathfinding. By this poin...

User-x1zuj1d ago

Snowflake - 2 phone screens + onsite

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jacobmiller20001d ago

interviewer challenging without a counterexample is a red flag honestly. was that just one round or the vibe throughout?

neha.desai1d ago

just round 2. rest were professional

User-rbmfc1d ago

ghosting by HR after snowflake loops is a known thing. how long did you wait for the rejection?

neha.desai1d ago

about a week, wasn't ghosted at least

User-71iw91d ago

the BFS pattern across every round is wild. was it all grid problems in your loop or did they vary?

neha.desai1d ago

all 2D grid in my loop at least. BFS heavy throughout

priyashah941d ago

SD with unclear scope expectations is rough. did they clarify at all after you pushed?

ryanzhang1d ago

their two phone screen format is annoying. effectively 2 rounds before you even get to the onsite

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