Waymo·Software Engineer

Waymo Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Mountain View, CAPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My biggest frustration wasn’t the technical questions—it was the scheduling chaos around them.

After a recruiter screen, I got the invitation quickly and then had to wait a couple of weeks for the next interview with the hiring manager. I tried to move it sooner, but it stayed delayed, and the timing felt arbitrary.

Even when I was in the right place and ready to go, the logistics kept breaking down. There was an interview mix-up where the recruiter or scheduler had the wrong candidate lined up, even sending messages with the wrong name, and they didn’t seem to apologize properly for the error. Separately, I also had trouble with an NDA step where emails kept asking me to sign

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