Snapchat iOS Fulltime SDE Onsite Interview Experience and Questions

Snapchat | iOS Fulltime SDE | Onsite

Timeline: 2026(Jan - Mar) • Fulltime • JobHopper • :hourglass_not_done: Waiting for result


Here is my experience interviewing for the iOS Fulltime SDE role at Snapchat. The interview consisted of multiple rounds including coding challenges and system design interviews.

In the first round, I was asked to solve a couple of coding problems that focused on data structures and algorithms. The interviewers were friendly, and they appreciated my thought process as I worked through the problems.

The next round was focused on system design, where I had to design an end-to-end solution for a messaging feature in an app. They wanted to know how I would scale it, what considerations I would take into account, and how I would handle data storage.

Interview Questions

Two Sum

Given an array of integers, return indices of the two numbers such that they add up to a specific target.

Difficulty: Easy | Reference: LC-1 | Tags: Array, Hash Table

Design Twitter

Design a simplified version of Twitter where users can post tweets, follow other users, and retrieve their timeline.

Difficulty: Medium | Reference: LC-1 | Tags: System Design