I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at DoorDash (California City, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Below is the interview process.
The recruiter contacted me via email for my interview availability. We had a 1:1 call, after which the recruiter scheduled my first phone screen with a senior engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Had one round of Technical Coding
- The question was similar to Koko Eating Bananas
- I did answer, but the interviewer expected the answer in their format.
- They had more questions on the algo used
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