DoorDash

SWE Intern Interview Experience

September 27, 2023

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process involved general LeetCode questions. It was a bit hard for me, but the interviewer was really nice and helped a lot when I asked for it. I did not get the offer.

Questions

General LeetCode type questions as you'd expect.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the DoorDash SWE Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

11%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral22%

Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for DoorDash's SWE Intern interview process in United States.

DoorDash Work Experiences

Employee Work Experience

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: Everyone is very passionate, driven, and knowledgeable.

Cons: Work-life balance can be a lot sometimes.

Employee Work Experience

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: Everyone is very passionate, driven, and knowledgeable.

Cons: Work-life balance can be a lot sometimes.

Great Mentors, Team Building Needed

SWE Intern • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 13, 2020

Pros: Good mentors and teams; interesting problems to solve.

Cons: Can do more team building when working remotely.

Great Mentors, Team Building Needed

SWE Intern • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 13, 2020

Pros: Good mentors and teams; interesting problems to solve.

Cons: Can do more team building when working remotely.

Learned A Ton, Too Many Meetings

SWE Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Great! I learned a ton, and it was fun.

Cons: A lot of meetings that could be cut.

Learned A Ton, Too Many Meetings

SWE Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Great! I learned a ton, and it was fun.

Cons: A lot of meetings that could be cut.

Employee Work Experience

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: Everyone is very passionate, driven, and knowledgeable.

Cons: Work-life balance can be a lot sometimes.

4.0
Employee Work Experience
SWE Intern • Current Employee
May 27, 2022
Pros: Everyone is very passionate, driven, and knowledgeable.
Cons: Work-life balance can be a lot sometimes.

Great Mentors, Team Building Needed

SWE Intern • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 13, 2020

Pros: Good mentors and teams; interesting problems to solve.

Cons: Can do more team building when working remotely.

4.0
Great Mentors, Team Building Needed
SWE Intern • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 13, 2020
Pros: Good mentors and teams; interesting problems to solve.
Cons: Can do more team building when working remotely.

Learned A Ton, Too Many Meetings

SWE Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Great! I learned a ton, and it was fun.

Cons: A lot of meetings that could be cut.

5.0
Learned A Ton, Too Many Meetings
SWE Intern • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
April 27, 2023
Pros: Great! I learned a ton, and it was fun.
Cons: A lot of meetings that could be cut.

DoorDash Interview Questions

Single-Threaded CPU

Simulate a single-threaded CPU processing tasks with varying arrival times and processing durations. Determine the order in which the CPU processes the tasks to minimize idle time, and return the processing order.

ArraysGreedy AlgorithmsDynamic Programming

Longest Increasing Path in a Matrix

Find the longest path in a matrix where each step increases in value. You can only move up, down, left, or right.

ArraysDynamic ProgrammingGraphsRecursion

Walls and Gates

Imagine a grid representing rooms, some empty, some with walls, and some with gates. Fill each empty room with the distance to its nearest gate.

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