Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
First phone round with recruiter. This was a usual phone screen.
It was followed by a tech screen online on Codepad, which was an easy question.
Then, there was an onsite interview with four individuals. This included two coding rounds, one design round, and one cultural fit round.
Questions
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Connect 4 game - refactoring
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Build dependency tree for given inputs.
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Design question
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Cultural fit
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the DoorDash Principal Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
DoorDash's interview process for their Principal Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for DoorDash's Principal Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
DoorDash Work Experiences
- 1.0Bloated IPO, bad team management, lack of diversity, and lack of passionPrincipal Software Engineer • Former EmployeeDecember 11, 2020Pros: Some people are nice and made some great friendships here. But most of the people who came from Amazon brought bad culture with them.Cons: Bad team management. Lack of diversity and inclusion. Folks are just there till their money vests.
- 4.0Smart Team, Tough WorkAI Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 31, 2025Pros: Smart Engineers to work withCons: Tough work, though. WLB is questionable.
- 2.0Okay place to workSoftware Eningeering • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 27, 2025Pros: - Lots of stock growth - Interesting projectsCons: - Toxic culture - Backstabbing coworkers
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