felixhuang_devJun 2, 2026
Snowflake SWE full loop - passed coding, failed system design
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snowflake
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"not strong enough" feedback after passing all coding rounds is the most frustrating rejection pattern there
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yeah i went through the full loop twice now and both times the feedback was SD related. coding seems more straightforward to evaluate there
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the logging library SD is notoriously vague at snowflake. you have to ask them what they're optimizing for before you start or you'll talk past each other
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the SD interviewer ending 10 min early is a bad sign that they've already decided. sorry it went that way
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tree with deleted nodes + height trimming follow-up is one of their more interesting problems. glad they're still using custom problems and not just LC originals
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