Waymo Interview Guide

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Ranking

A question's ranking corresponds to how commonly it's asked by Waymo. The higher the ranking, the more likely you'll encounter it in a Waymo interview.

Question

Frequency

Difficulty

Max Points on a Line

Given a set of points on a plane, find the maximum number of points that lie on the same straight line. Determine the line that passes through the most points.

Arrays

Very likely

If you have a Waymo interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Hard

#1. Max Points on a Line

Hard

Given a set of points on a plane, find the maximum number of points that lie on the same straight line. Determine the line that passes through the most points.

Arrays

This question is very likely to be asked in your Waymo interview

Number of Islands

Given a grid representing land and water, count the number of distinct islands. An island is formed by connected land cells.

ArraysGraphsRecursion

Very likely

If you have a Waymo interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Medium

#2. Number of Islands

Medium

Given a grid representing land and water, count the number of distinct islands. An island is formed by connected land cells.

ArraysGraphsRecursion

This question is very likely to be asked in your Waymo interview

Meeting Rooms II

You are given a list of meeting time intervals. Determine the minimum number of conference rooms required to accommodate all the meetings without any overlap.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

Somewhat likely

If you have a Waymo interview, you might get this question

Medium

#3. Meeting Rooms II

Medium

You are given a list of meeting time intervals. Determine the minimum number of conference rooms required to accommodate all the meetings without any overlap.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

This question is somewhat likely to be asked in your Waymo interview