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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience

October 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through university career fair. At first, everything went smoothly. When I could not make it to their on-campus interview, the recruiter was very nice and accommodating. She sent me a coding challenge, which I did well on. A few days after submitting, she got back to me to schedule a second round phone interview. This is where things went badly.

The interview was two hours long - 1 hour per interviewer. My first round went smoothly and although I didn't finish running the tests for the second question I was asked, the interviewer seemed content with what I had and knew where I was going. My second round was awful. Most of the time I felt like the interviewer didn't want to be there. He made no effort to engage with me as I talked through my thinking process and solved the question. At one point, when I asked a question about one of the tests provided, it seemed like up to that point he hadn't really been paying attention to what I had completed so far.

Questions

Palindrome warmup question.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 17 interview experiences for the DoorDash Software Engineer New Grad role in United States.

Success Rate

24%
Pass Rate

DoorDash's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive53%
Neutral18%
Negative29%

Candidates reported having good feelings for DoorDash's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in United States.

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