J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Waymo (Baton Rouge, LA) en mars 2025
Entretien
Three interviews spanning the 2nd and 3rd week of May. Ultimately did not receive an offer but the experience was quite positive and an excellent learning experience, specially for a non-CS person looking to break into the world of autonomous driving. Ms. Song, a Senior Recruiter at Waymo was my point of contact and guide throughout the entire process.
Interview 1: An informal project with a senior software engineer who gave some details on the newly formed Multi-System group and then some details regarding the role and responsibilities and learning opportunities of this internship position was described and finally closed with discussion of my Ph.D. project. Due to NDA, I am unable to share any further details.
Interview 2: C++ coding and Algorithm. A code-along programming exercise involving graphs and use of a suitable graph traversal technique. Problem presented is very similar to Leetcode problems but requires some thinking.
Interview 3: General domain knowledge test but this involved (unexpectedly) two additional C++ coding exercises. The interviewer was a Doctorate in Geometric computer vision from a very prestigious university. I probably choked in this part of the interview and was mostly my fault due to me not expecting implementation of vector products and a form of nearest neighbor problem. Due to NDA, cannot share any further details.
Please note, none of the three C++ coding exercise assumed we had to get the code to compile and run, the test (that I think) was more about my command on the language, algorithms and ability to assess verbally/written problems and thinking fast in a high-pressure interview scenario. Also note that, both interviewer asked to write interface (simply fuctions) and expected the use of simpler data structures. I goofed by trying to use too much Modern C++ (smart pointers, vectors, classes).
Questions d'entretien [3]
Question 1
A code-along programming exercise involving graphs and use of a suitable graph traversal technique
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Waymo (Mountain View, CA) en févr. 2026
Entretien
Totally a mess. Attended a recruiter screen call and received the invitation the same day. But the next round with the hiring manager was scheduled for two weeks later (although I tried to schedule it ASAP)! The hiring manager delayed the interview by one day without any clear reason, but the recruiter insisted that there were 2 headcounts available. Even the rejection was delayed to the following week.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Walk through your background and the experience in labeling infrastructure.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Waymo (California, MD)
Entretien
Started with recruiter call. First round is a programming interview mainly focused on dynamic programming. solved the question but still got rejected. I interviewed for simulation team - scenario creation.
The interview is back to back 2 rounds, including general coding questions and ML related questions. The interviewers are nice and will give enough time to prepare. Follow their guidance is important.