I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at DoorDash (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2024
Interview
Recruiter reached out for an initial 30 minute call to explain about the role and the interview process.
Initial Tech Screen - This was with a Sr. Engineer at doordash and I was asked a LeetCode style question. The Sr. Engineer seemed super nice and spent time talking to me about the culture.
Despite solving the problem completely, I got an email fro the recruiter that they are not proceeding. DoorDash is known to be super volatile with their interview process
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Other Software Engineer 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