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DoorDash USA Backend Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 7 questions · ~89 min
Maximize Chef Profit with Dish AssignmentsHard
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Use sorting and prefix maximums with binary search to maximize profit for each dish order.

binary searchArraysAlgorithmsDoorDash USA
API with Downstream DependenciesHard
Practice

Orchestrate abstracted dependency calls concurrently with selective retries and deterministic error aggregation.

api integrationabstractionasynchronousDoorDash USA
CRUD Data Structure for StringsHard
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Implement create, get, update, and delete for formatted strings using a trie.

CodingData StructuresAlgorithmsDoorDash USA
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System Design11 questions · ~139 min
Charity Event System DesignHard

Design a scalable, reliable donation system for a three-day charity event, including ML-assisted abuse screening.

distributed systemsml inferencefailure modesDoorDash USA
Review and Rating System for Food ItemsHard

Design an end-to-end system for collecting, ranking, and serving restaurant food item reviews and ratings.

ML RankingFeature StoredesignDoorDash USA
Ad Click Aggregator SystemHard

Design a streaming ad click aggregation system with reliable attribution, deduplication, fraud detection, and low-latency reporting.

distributed systemsdata ingestiondata streamsDoorDash USA
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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~101 min
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More topics2 questions · ~25 min
Weekly Store Hours and Redis QueriesMedium
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Generate five-minute weekly timestamps for store hours, including intervals that cross from Sunday into Monday.

Date FunctionsData Manipulationdata extractionDoorDash USA
Address Incorrect Orders and DeliveriesMedium

Develop an execution plan to diagnose and reduce the rising rate of incorrect orders and deliveries.

error ratealertingcross-functional executionDoorDash USA

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