Waymo

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

April 13, 2023

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

2 hrs: 1. System design document design and 2. Coding assessment question. They do not provide feedback. Not a pleasant experience, as I suppose they are under Alpha parent, aka Google.

Questions

Design document for a real world scenario.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Waymo Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

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Pass Rate

Waymo's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive29%

Neutral14%

Negative57%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Waymo's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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