Initial Reach Out (Day 1):

Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn and scheduled time to introduce the position and gather interest. After that, she connected me to the hiring manager for an exploratory call. At this point, I figured if there was alignment, they would begin the interview process, so I looked forward to it.

Exploratory Calls (3 Screens: 1 Manager, 1 Skip Level, 1 System Design) Day 30+:

Next, the recruiter disappeared for over a week. After I followed up, another recruiter replied, stating that the initial recruiter no longer worked there. "No problem, what's next?" She scheduled a technical chat with another director. Fair enough, I supposed this was the start of the interview loop. After that call, they scheduled another System Design Round. And mind you, no recruiter called to explain the entire process or provide timeline guidance.

Next Steps - Day 45+:

By this time, an entire month had gone by from the initial recruiter phone screen. Two weeks later, a third recruiter sent me a text message asking if I had time for a phone chat regarding next steps. We spoke on the phone. She told me how excited she was for me to proceed to the next steps of the virtual on-site. Here's the kicker: she told me she would connect me to a fourth recruiter who specialized in EM Role On-sites and would be in touch.

Day 52 (Virtual On-site - 6 Rounds):

• 2 System Design
• 1 Team Building
• 1 Execution Style
• 1 Manager Goals
• 1 Product Acumen

At the end of the on-site, I reached out to the recruiter to let her know I would be expecting an update in a few short, reasonable days. She immediately responded that she would debrief with the team in a couple of days and would get back to me very soon! Alright, almost two months into the process but finally done, right? Nope.

Day 60:

Recruiter still had not given me an update after two follow-up emails.

Overall, this was a 60-day long process with five different recruiters. None of them served as a single point of contact for me as the candidate, and there was unnecessary duplication spread across four screening rounds and six on-site rounds for what? Absolutely nothing. I was ghosted by their numerous recruiters.

This was a very time-consuming and very negative experience interviewing at DoorDash.

Design a System x 2 (all common questions on educative.io)

No coding questions.

Screening questions about experience, hiring, and feedback.

Onsite behavioral questions about the role of a manager, diversity, inclusion, conflict resolution, and performance reviewing and feedback.