Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Waymo with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Waymo overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Waymo as a Senior Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Presentation: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 9%
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The recruiter approached me for an interview and called for an initial screening to discuss my skillset and job description using google meet. Asked me to send my resume and availability and ghosted me. I reached out again, but no response.
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General q's about my experience and tech stacks. Ghosted by recruiter
Pretty standard. Start with phone screen then a virtual on-site where I met with 5-6 different interviewers. After I got an offer I got to talk to some more high level ppl to get an overview of the business case and high level goals of the company.
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Question 1
General robotics questions, coding and some deeper role specific questions
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waymo (Mountain View, CA) in May 2019
Interview
1 phone interview and 4 round onsite interview. Asked general algorithm questions and design question. onsite interview: 2 round in the morning and had lunch with manager, then another 2 round in the afternoon.