DoorDash

I received several unsolicited emails from a hiring manager until I finally replied. A typical phone screen followed, along with a take-home project. They then followed up with a five-hour on-site interview. The content of the interview was typical

I applied online. The process took two weeks. A couple of rounds of interviews: a live coding exercise followed by a systems design interview. I felt that I did reasonably well in each, but wasn't surprised to get the rejection after the systems de

I had an initial recruiter call, and the compensation range they provided was not very competitive with other big tech companies in the US. However, I decided to interview anyway. I passed the initial phone screen (LeetCode question) and moved on to