I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at DoorDash (Palo Alto, CA) in Aug 2015
Interview
I interviewed with DoorDash for a general software engineer position, although i ended up specializing in Android. The interviewers were very nice and got me excited about the problems at DoorDash. In fact, the whiteboard coding round was a problem pulled from their codebase. I got some small hints and thought all the prompts were fair and not too obscure.
At the end of the interview, I chatted with one of the founders and asked him about how he started DoorDash and what his vision was for it. I liked the story and was excited about the future of the company.
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
