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Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 1, 2023
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

  1. Phone screen with one coding question, which must be run during the interview.
  2. Team match: choose one team to interview with for the onsite round. You can only choose one team and will not be able to interview with other teams if you fail with your first choice.
  3. Virtual onsite: two coding rounds, one system design round, and one behavioral round.

Questions

Coding 1: Minimum path sum from one leaf node to another.

Follow up: Minimum sum from one active node to another. An active node could appear anywhere; leaf nodes are active nodes.

Recursion 3 steps.

Coding 2: Minimum sum of distance to all local restaurants.

Find the median for rows and columns.

  1. System Design: Design a 3-day donation promo event.

  2. Engineering Values: Conflict, etc.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 179 interview experiences for the DoorDash Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

11%
Pass Rate

DoorDash's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive34%
Neutral30%
Negative36%

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

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