This was for a web-based role.

It started with an introductory call with a recruiter, covering basic behavioral and "why Waymo" style questions.

The next round was a CoderPad interview. This consisted of reviewing a design doc by adding details/leaving comments and working on a small JavaScript codebase to build out a few new features.

I didn’t personally have a phone interview after this.

The final round was an on-site, where I met with four would-be direct teammates. I was given the option to work on the interview questions beforehand, so I did that. During the interviews, we discussed my solutions and made a few changes/extensions to what I had written based on follow-up questions. There were no LeetCode-style questions; all were more web-oriented. All interviewers were kind, and I thought the conversations were enjoyable.

Overall, I thought the interview process itself was great, but I was ghosted by my recruiter after the on-site. It’s a simple courtesy to let a candidate know one way or another, especially after they’ve spent hours going through the interview process. It was a huge letdown to see Waymo represented as such. I followed up with my recruiter, including letting them know I had competing offers, but still never got a response. Very disappointing.

Web development oriented questions:

• Asynchronous JavaScript
• Extending an HTML/CSS/JS codebase