Very unserious blitz question tech screen. Interviewers got confused about who was supposed to be the interviewer and who the shadower, wasting precious time. SQL is fine, just have to be quick and type like your keyboard is going to ignite in flames, but the product case was unnecessarily ambiguous for the wrong reasons. We get that you need to ask questions to arrive at the right solutions, but when an interviewer with a thick accent spews a bunch of internal abbreviated jargon / acronyms that isn't written out that you have to ask them to spell out, it's a waste of time and just plain obtuse. Feels more like an interview for consultants or aliens on Earth who have to figure out how some internal feature even works (that would be obvious once you're on the job) before even getting to the approaches/solutions. And then the questions you ask will be met with a "Yes" or "No," so you'll probably pass if you're really good at "20 Questions." Man, these DS interviews are starting to become some kind of Data Science Olympiad.
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What's going on with our [insert internal technical jargon metric here]?
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en DoorDash en jun 2026
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1. SQL - 4 questions, Easy - Medium. Window functions and aggregations
2. Case Study question - open ended conversation, interviewer guides you along well. looking for structure and thought process here
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en DoorDash
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I applied online and after about a week, I received an email from the recruiter with a 15-question questionnaire. The next day, they scheduled a 1-hour interview consisting of a 30-minute case study and 30-minute SQL round.
I spent significant time preparing and felt the interview went well. However, I received a rejection within 15 minutes after the interview ended.
Honestly, the process felt discouraging. It almost seemed like the interview was conducted more for internal interviewer training than genuine hiring consideration.
If you're interviewing there, I’d suggest treating it mainly as practice and interview experience rather than getting overly invested in the outcome.
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SQL - Window Functions, Rank, Lag. Case Study - Bikers an an option for food delivery.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 1 semana. Acudí a una entrevista en DoorDash (Chicago, IL) en may 2026
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Good thing they don't have recruiter screening. The first step is SQL (30 mins) followed by case study (30 mins). Looks like they just interview for the sake of training their employees. Literally waste of time preparing for Doordash. I reading all the reviews about toxic work culture. I should have taken it easy. The recruiters just give 1 min intro.
I have completed all the SQL questions and even explained them to the recruiter. Case study also went well but I have received rejection within 3 hrs. Its disspointing that I spent whole week preparing for it even after reading the reviews.
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SQL - CTEs, Joins, Window Functions, Rank
Case Study - If bikers were added in the market to deliver food.