Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Waymo with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 42% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 43 days to get hired, when considering 45 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Waymo overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Waymo as a Software Engineer according to 45 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
Background check: 2%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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it’s a tough interview, the prompt is kinda ambiguous and it took a while for me to understand what they wanted me to do, the interviewer was nice though and overall the experience was good albeit challenging
I applied online. I interviewed at Waymo (Mountain View, CA) in Feb 2026
Interview
Totally a mess. Attended a recruiter screen call and received the invitation the same day. But the next round with the hiring manager was scheduled for two weeks later (although I tried to schedule it ASAP)! The hiring manager delayed the interview by one day without any clear reason, but the recruiter insisted that there were 2 headcounts available. Even the rejection was delayed to the following week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk through your background and the experience in labeling infrastructure.
I applied online. I interviewed at Waymo (California, MD)
Interview
Started with recruiter call. First round is a programming interview mainly focused on dynamic programming. solved the question but still got rejected. I interviewed for simulation team - scenario creation.
The interview is back to back 2 rounds, including general coding questions and ML related questions. The interviewers are nice and will give enough time to prepare. Follow their guidance is important.