I applied online. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2017
Interview
First step was a phone screen with the recruiter for the role. After which was the analytics exercise. They sent over an excel file with a bunch of data for Doordash's service and asked to make some recommendations. This took a while to complete, I spent a lot of time on it.
After I sent over the presentation, the recruiter setup another phone call with one of the directors of product to go over it. The phone interview was just discussing the presentation. After this, I was called on site and was told there would be a series of interviews, starting with the presentation then with the product team and ending with the CEO.
However, during the onsite interview, the interview process was stopped after the presentation round. I was told that product frameworks are important at Doordash and my presentation dint seem to match/use their framework. This was very weird because I had sent the presentation over a couple of weeks ago and had even discussed it already with a director. They should have given this feedback much earlier and stopped the process then. I spent several hours preparing the presentation and for the 5 final interviews that were scheduled. It was sad that they did not even want to continue the onsite interviews even though they were scheduled so they could save 30 minutes of the interviewer's time when I spent hours preparing. The process up to the onsite interview was very smooth but the onsite interview was a very negative experience.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
a recruiter chat then a phone screen with a PM that was like mix of product sense and how you rank features and stuff. tthe virtual onsite was four rounds: analytics, product sense, prioritization, and values. the prioritization interview is easily the toughest part of the loop. they don't want generic roadmaps; you have to balance limited resources across their three-sided market (dashers, restaurants, customers) and make really hard trade-offs on who wins and who loses in a given scenario. product sense was super grounded. they aren't looking for you to pitch shiny new app features. we mostly just talked through how to fix things when a live order goes sideways, or what your move is when a neighborhood suddenly runs out of drivers. analytics round was heavy on metric trade-offs, and the values chat was basically checking how you deal when things go wrong with process or other stakeholders, etc. for prep, I’d sayt ditch the standard pm frameworks and actually study gig economy mechanics (there are a lot of gud resources available online). i grabbed a mock interview on prepfully with a doordash pm beforehand and it really helped me get a grip on the marketplace balancing act. you have to be ready to defend your logic when they push back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
if you were a PM at DoorDash, which space would you aim to explore expanding into for the company
Had a call with the recruiter, then product prioritization round (screen interview). They were looking for defining metrics, users, mapping user journey, identifying and prioritizing pain points and proposing solutions
Recruiter screen, a product prioritization case, and an onsite. Review marketplace companies, and how to improve product usage experiences - these will be tested in the cases. Rest of the interviews are standard behavioral, very close to the document sent by the recruiter