I applied online. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
It is a typical interview. Phone screen followed by 5 hour onsite. The onsite consists of 2 coding rounds + system design + culture fit + round with manager (don't even know if it evaluated). Some engineers are friendly to talk to, but others don't really seem to listen to what you have to say. They are leetcode questions. Just memorize them and you can get through. They expect an optimal solution at the end of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
graph - Topological sort + time complexity, test cases, data structures question, standard system design (know how to calculate qps and design system accordingly).
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Other Software Developer Interview Reviews for DoorDash
coding online assesment virtual onsite. interviewers were professional and helpful. asked to deep dive on project. recruiter was responsive and could align with offer deadlines. was helpful with negotiations. coding problems were average difficulty.
Walking into the coding interview, I was taken aback when they asked about finding the K nearest restaurants based on coordinates. Just days before, I had stumbled on a mock on prachub.com that mirrored this question almost exactly. The interview felt straightforward, but I struggled with some behavioral questions. Overall, the experience was underwhelming; I expected more technical depth. After several rounds, they decided to go in another direction, which was disappointing given my prep efforts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of restaurants with their coordinates and a user's location, find the K nearest restaurants
it was very easy, they ask basic programming questions, can be solved with minimal prep, however they ask a lot about why u want to work here, be prepared to talk for a long time
