Process
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months.
Interviewing for an Android role. First phone screening round was live Android coding in Coderpad, so no IDE with autocomplete. Main loop was one more Android coding, then a behavioral and an API-focused system design. I ended up getting a follow-up Android coding interview after that, which I didn't pass.
Questions
Write out all the UI code to represent a screen in an app and all its user interactions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the Waymo Senior Software Engineer role.
Success Rate
Waymo's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Waymo's Senior Software Engineer interview process.
Waymo Work Experiences
- 3.0Good Pay, Stock, And OverworkedSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMarch 20, 2021Pros: Has Google benefits and pay structure.Cons: Does not give Google stock and overworks everyone.
- 4.0Interesting Project, Unclear FutureSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 14, 2024Pros: Self-driving cars are still fun to work on. In the perception team, you can almost touch everything, from modeling, onboard integration, and model optimization to the data pipeline. So, you can learn a lot. I still believe self-driving is one of the coolest things to apply ML to.Cons: Management, not clear future roadmap. Uncertainty for scaling. Several teams are doing similar things.
- 3.0Not great, not terribleSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeWarsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, PolandNovember 16, 2025Pros: Cool colleagues, great location, and a fine office in general. Benefits include medical insurance and a sports card.Cons: Compensation, internal tooling. Forget about everything you have used so far. There will be no Git, no Jenkins, no AWS. Basically, each and every tool is created in-house.
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