1p3a Experience · Oct 2025

Doordash Software Engineer Fulltime Tech Phone Screen Interview Experience

SWE Phone Screen
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Interview Experience

The question concerned payer salaries, primarily requiring the ability to test the final result and the use of a good OOP pattern. While writing my answer, I felt all the assumptions I made to the exa

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The question concerned payer salaries, primarily requiring the ability to test the final result and the use of a good OOP pattern. While writing my answer, I felt all the assumptions I made to the examiner were accepted, but I later realized there was a problem. So, it's best to rely on your own judgment to determine the importance of assumptions. The follow-up question was: If there are dependency issues, how would you address them? I initially answered with using caching, but it seems the correct answer is to add retry functionality first.

About This Question

This is a candidate experience report from a doordash interview for a swe role during the phone screen round reported in 2025.

It covers the following topics: System Design, Oop .