DoorDash Software Engineer interview experience

Instead of a LeetCode-style problem, I did a collaborative exercise with the interviewer.

The way it played out was more like we talked through the work together while building toward a solution. I remember feeling like the interviewer was actually present and participating in the discussion, which made the whole thing feel smoother than some rigid coding setups where you just type in silence.

I passed the Code Craft round. The experience stood out because it was interactive and discussion-heavy rather than purely hands-on problem solving. Even though it wasn’t LeetCode, it still felt like