Waymo interview notes, page 2 of 9

“I started talking about feedback cadence and quickly realized I was basically describing the same approach for both groups with slightly different vocabulary.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question sprawled in every direction.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Waymo, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just track a sorted list of intervals and merge them on each insert, which works but I fumbled explaining the merge logic under pressure.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This took me longer to set up than it should have.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Waymo, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with a project that had a messy middle section, which I think was the right call.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I prepped this but still rambled too much on my earlier jobs.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Recognized Dijkstra pretty fast, which was good.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I fumbled through it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The single-pass constraint is what makes this non-trivial.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, 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 longer than I'd like to admit to see why this reduces to two states.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Waymo, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.