Waymo

Senior ASIC Design Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

October 12, 2025

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Process

I applied on the website and got an email to schedule a Recruiter call. The Recruiter call was about 30 minutes, describing the team and job profile. This was followed by a hour-long phone screen with a team member and then 4 rounds of technical discussion.

Questions

Design a sync FIFO to sit between a valid-ready protocol.

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Waymo Interview Questions

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

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

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