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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

March 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn, and we scheduled a 30-minute screening. She was very nice and thorough, explaining that there would be five rounds of technical interviews:

  • Two LeetCode-style coding interviews
  • One focused on ML structure
  • One on ML design
  • A behavioral interview

She moved me forward to the first technical interview.

However, HR kept sending me emails asking me to sign an NDA. I signed it multiple times and even replied with the signed document attached, but my interview was still canceled, and they asked me to reschedule.

Then, a few hours later, the person in charge of scheduling called me, saying I had multiple interviews lined up. When I checked, it turned out he had the wrong candidate. He even sent me a text with the wrong name, clearly meant for someone else. What was frustrating was that he didn’t even apologize for the mix-up.

At that point, I decided to cancel my application. The process was taking too long, and with such disorganization, it didn’t make sense to continue. Most companies only have two technical rounds, so this whole experience felt unnecessarily complicated.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 35 interview experiences for the Waymo Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

3%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive40%
Neutral23%
Negative37%

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

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