I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
I was contacted from the front by DoorDash for an engineering manager role. The interview process was a pleasant experience for me. A phone screen for domain and technical expertise was followed by an on-site interview. Folks on the recruiting team were great hosts. They gave me a walk-through of the beautiful office since I was there a few minutes early. The interview process started in time and every interviewer was very much in time. The interviewers were very kind and made me feel at ease. The questions were primarily around the work I have done in the past - architecture and design questions. The interviewers were very liberal about sharing information about the company and culture. Overall a great onsite experience and I left with a very good feeling about the company and people.
The recruiter kept in constant touch in the days to follow and kept giving me timely updates till an offer was extended.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the entire architecture of a project you have worked on.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at DoorDash in Jan 2026
Interview
First it was recruiter screen over phone followed by round 1 which had 2 interviews. First it was 60 min system design followed by 45 min team hiring/management interview. It seemed straightforward process.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2024
Interview
Had two interviews back-to-back. One was a system design interview and another was about leadership/hiring. In the system designs interview, the software engineer interviewing me was very rude and I could tell that I was not going to pass within the first 10 minutes. I started designing a system but he kept interrupting me and asking me questions about another component I haven't even gotten to yet. I like to break a problem down into smaller parts, design each component and tie it all together. Once I get an overall design, I may modify it depending on some requirements I may have not considered. However, it seemed that the engineer expected me to have the same design he had in his mind in the first 10 minutes and he did not let me finish designing even one component let alone finish a thought. Overall, had a very bad experience and if all engineers are like this, then not interested in working for this company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Signed an NDA, but question was a typical system design question.