I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2017
Interview
The intro call involved a few general questions. After that I was asked to choose a date for a code challenge. However, the recruiter sent me an email saying that the code challenge was cancelled, just a few hours ahead of the scheduled time...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions in the intro call, such as the projects I used to work on and the reason I chose doordash.
coding online assesment virtual onsite. interviewers were professional and helpful. asked to deep dive on project. recruiter was responsive and could align with offer deadlines. was helpful with negotiations. coding problems were average difficulty.
Walking into the coding interview, I was taken aback when they asked about finding the K nearest restaurants based on coordinates. Just days before, I had stumbled on a mock on prachub.com that mirrored this question almost exactly. The interview felt straightforward, but I struggled with some behavioral questions. Overall, the experience was underwhelming; I expected more technical depth. After several rounds, they decided to go in another direction, which was disappointing given my prep efforts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of restaurants with their coordinates and a user's location, find the K nearest restaurants
it was very easy, they ask basic programming questions, can be solved with minimal prep, however they ask a lot about why u want to work here, be prepared to talk for a long time
