I applied online. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2017
Interview
I had applied on their website, and a recruiter reached out shortly after for an initial phone call.
She didn't really ask me any questions, and proceeded to explain the next step of the process - an assignment. She said it should take a few hours, and that their executive team would review it.
The assignment is a large dataset - 15k rows, few dozen columns, and you're asked to come up with some product recommendations for Doordash.
Having spent more than just a few hours on the assignment, I don't think anyone could do an adequate job just limiting themselves to 2 or 3 hours on it.
Once I turned it in, they got back to me a few days later saying my analysis was weak and I wouldn't be moving forward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What product recommendations would you make based on this dataset?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
a recruiter chat then a phone screen with a PM that was like mix of product sense and how you rank features and stuff. tthe virtual onsite was four rounds: analytics, product sense, prioritization, and values. the prioritization interview is easily the toughest part of the loop. they don't want generic roadmaps; you have to balance limited resources across their three-sided market (dashers, restaurants, customers) and make really hard trade-offs on who wins and who loses in a given scenario. product sense was super grounded. they aren't looking for you to pitch shiny new app features. we mostly just talked through how to fix things when a live order goes sideways, or what your move is when a neighborhood suddenly runs out of drivers. analytics round was heavy on metric trade-offs, and the values chat was basically checking how you deal when things go wrong with process or other stakeholders, etc. for prep, I’d sayt ditch the standard pm frameworks and actually study gig economy mechanics (there are a lot of gud resources available online). i grabbed a mock interview on prepfully with a doordash pm beforehand and it really helped me get a grip on the marketplace balancing act. you have to be ready to defend your logic when they push back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
if you were a PM at DoorDash, which space would you aim to explore expanding into for the company
Had a call with the recruiter, then product prioritization round (screen interview). They were looking for defining metrics, users, mapping user journey, identifying and prioritizing pain points and proposing solutions
Recruiter screen, a product prioritization case, and an onsite. Review marketplace companies, and how to improve product usage experiences - these will be tested in the cases. Rest of the interviews are standard behavioral, very close to the document sent by the recruiter
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