Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
March 31, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Short introduction to yourself and interviewer, then start coding.
Ask some questions to the interviewer at the end.
Two coding questions in a round; be well prepared for edge cases because they really focus on it.
Questions
Given a variable Page, which contains a list of words, a variable Book, which contains a list of pages, and a variable SynonymGroup containing groups of words. (Imagine they are all 2D arrays of strings.)
Write a function Print(string data), where data is in Book, that outputs the page index and word index (in SynonymGroup) of data.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Waymo Senior Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
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Pass Rate
Waymo's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Waymo's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
Waymo Work Experiences
5.0
Good place to work
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 7, 2019
Pros: A great place to work as an engineer, due to the likely large impact of self-driving on the world, the many cutting-edge problems that need to be solved, many awesome colleagues, great software engineering tools and infrastructure shared with Google, and healthy collaborations with other research teams within Alphabet, leading to a fast pace of innovation, particularly in AI.
Cons: I'd say we're experiencing some growing pains as we try to scale everything up.
5.0
Fantastic goal and process
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
November 13, 2023
Pros: There is no more exciting technology to be working on, and Waymo is doing it "the right way".
Safety above all else.
Cons: Being dependent on a hardware platform means a long lead-time for feature development.
1.0
Now there's no reason to stay
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 19, 2020
Pros: The only pros were the perks: the beautiful office space, the delicious food, and the easy commute.
With COVID/WFH, the realities of Waymo are only more clear, and the glitter of fancy perks is just a fading memory.
Cons: Where to begin:
* Senior management is pretty political. There are often land-grabs and some pretty high turnover.
* There's not much direction at this point. Technical progress is stalling, and the team is getting restless.
* We are bleeding talent. Progress in the industry is stalling, but it might be worse here because the best guys have moved on.
- 5.0Good place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 7, 2019Pros: A great place to work as an engineer, due to the likely large impact of self-driving on the world, the many cutting-edge problems that need to be solved, many awesome colleagues, great software engineering tools and infrastructure shared with Google, and healthy collaborations with other research teams within Alphabet, leading to a fast pace of innovation, particularly in AI.Cons: I'd say we're experiencing some growing pains as we try to scale everything up.
- 5.0Fantastic goal and processSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesNovember 13, 2023Pros: There is no more exciting technology to be working on, and Waymo is doing it "the right way". Safety above all else.Cons: Being dependent on a hardware platform means a long lead-time for feature development.
- 1.0Now there's no reason to staySenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 19, 2020Pros: The only pros were the perks: the beautiful office space, the delicious food, and the easy commute. With COVID/WFH, the realities of Waymo are only more clear, and the glitter of fancy perks is just a fading memory.Cons: Where to begin: * Senior management is pretty political. There are often land-grabs and some pretty high turnover. * There's not much direction at this point. Technical progress is stalling, and the team is getting restless. * We are bleeding talent. Progress in the industry is stalling, but it might be worse here because the best guys have moved on.
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