nehadesai71Jul 24, 2026

Rejected by Snap after a full loop

Hack2hire Community · 2026-07-24T18:00:00.394Z

Rejected by Snap after a full loop Phone screen was the increment/timestamp counter thing, implement an increment method and query total count since a given timestamp. Follow up wanted it to handle high frequency calls so I moved to a prefix sum approach, then they pushed further and asked what happens if the array got sparse, which is where fenwick tree came up. Went fine, got the onsite about a week later. First onsite coding round was the max unique users in a sliding window problem. Given a...

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User-mrzpeJul 25, 2026

the SD terminology mixup thing is so real, happened to me too on a different round. cost me like 5 mins just clarifying names

User-otj2cJul 24, 2026

wait they still give you opus for the AI round? did it actually help or just get in the way

liam.davisJul 24, 2026

for me it mostly got in the way, kept suggesting way more locking than the problem needed. had to keep steering it back too

User-gane0Jul 25, 2026

rough, sorry man. the no feedback rejection emails are the worst part honestly

benhe23Jul 24, 2026

4 rounds feels short for snap, thought they usually do more like 5 or 6

nehadesai71Jul 25, 2026

yeah not sure why, they told me 4 total and thats what i got. maybe just how mine got scheduled

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