Waymo·Software Engineer

Waymo Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Dec 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview path centered on physics/math-style reasoning, and it showed up very early.

I started with recruiter outreach and background checking, then moved into technical screening where I talked through past projects and then got hit with questions that required a bit of physics. One prompt was essentially a braking scenario: given a car’s speed, tire properties, and road friction, I had to reason about how long it would take to stop completely.

Across the process, I kept seeing the same theme. There were also rounds that mixed simulation and more general scenario questions, and I remember realizing I should have been more prepared for how much math would be woven into the

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