DoorDash interview notes, page 26 of 42

“I spent way too long on the happy path and almost forgot the clamping to zero requirement until they nudged me.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Took me a minute to realize this was just interval union under a different costume.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The problem itself isn't hard algorithmically but I spent too long trying to figure out edge cases before writing a single line.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one is deceptively wide.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was BFS and I started coding it before really thinking through the time constraint mechanics.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The base version is manageable if you've seen the LeetCode problem before, but the Set and Delete operations with validation rules added a lot more edge cases than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one took me a while to even get my footing.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I rambled a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Multi-source BFS was the right move here, seed all warehouse cells at once and let it fan out.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent way too long trying to be thorough and ended up just listing every possible thing that could go wrong.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at DoorDash, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.