Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
Process
Ghosted by Waymo after an on-site interview. I'm assuming no hire, but I don't know.
Similar to the rest of Alphabet, Waymo gives programming language-specific questions during interviews. This limits one's ability to demonstrate expertise as a candidate.
One needs to be an expert in the interviewer's chosen domain and language; your expertise is irrelevant.
As other interview feedback below indicates, brush up on C++.
Questions
Design a system that coordinates elevators in a building (commercial or residential).
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Waymo Senior Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
Waymo's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Waymo's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
Waymo Work Experiences
- 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.
- 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.
- 4.0Great Engineers, Stock LimitsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJuly 22, 2023Pros: You are working with very good engineers.Cons: You cannot sell private stocks.
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