Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Applied online. Got an email from recruiter to learn more and asked to schedule a tech interview. The recruiter was nice. The good part ends here. On the day of tech interview, the interviewer was the worst I have had to interview with. Called late. After which pasted a question and an arbitrary time limit. He wasn't interested in approach. I definitely reached the solution, but he wasn't interested either. For a good while, he was talking to someone else instead. I didn't make it, but even if I did, I wouldn't have accepted.
Questions
Super recursion.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 43 interview experiences for the DoorDash Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
DoorDash's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for DoorDash's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
DoorDash Work Experiences
- 4.0Competitive pay, tough review cycleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 17, 2025Pros: Good pay, and people are generally very smart. People on the product team are technically savvy and good collaborators. The company has holistic engineering values, and there’s a strong company direction. Pretty happy with senior leadership.Cons: The performance bar is constantly moving, so promotions and raises are hard to get. People are regularly fired for not meeting performance expectations.
- 3.0DoorDash, another SF tech companySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 28, 2017Pros: Some opportunities for career growth if you are willing to sacrifice work/life balance. Great snacks/perks. Currently scaling very quickly, which can be exciting. Majority of employees in HQ are young and friendly.Cons: Company culture can be overly aggressive. Lots of widespread communication issues. Not many senior women, particularly in engineering. The eng team is always sprinting, leading to lots of tech debt. A lot of the eng managers are very junior and were promoted for technical abilities rather than people management skills. Top-level management is very reactive.
- 4.0Flex Work Good, Management ChaoticSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 29, 2023Pros: Work flex and work from homeCons: Chaos in management, and sometimes the projects are too...
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