I just got rejected from Doordash for SWE role. What is weird is the way the interview went. It was a 45 minute interview, I got asked one question(leetcode medium-hardish) I solved it within the first 25 minutes, the interviewer asked me to run a test case, then asked me about time complexity, I told him, then he asked me if I had any questions for him, I asked a few questions about Doordash and he answered them, at this point it's 35 minutes into the interview, the he says "Alright I'm gonna let you leave early then" which was 10 minutes earlier, and ended the call right there.
Two days later I got a generic rejection email.
My question is, how is an interview that gets cut off early leads to a rejection? If I didn't give an optimal solution, then the interviewer should've allowed me to use the entire time, so I could maybe come up with a better solution, and not cut off the interview like that, if I gave the wrong time complexity/analysis, then we should've used the rest of the time to come with a better one, or at least give me some time to come up with a better one, we had time to spare.
On the other hand, if he thought I had already seen the question before and I was faking it, then he should've asked a follow up question or maybe switch to a different question, or at least ask me if I had seen the question before(which he didn't ) but not cut the interview early. Of course they didn't provide any feedback on what I did wrong, I just got a generic rejection email.
Anyway just wanted to vent. Have a good night. Thanks for reading.
Want to see the real deal?
More inside scoop? View in App
More inside scoop? View in App
blind
SUPPORT
FOLLOW US
DOWNLOAD THE APP:
FOLLOWING
Industries
Job Groups
- Software Engineering
- Product Management
- Information Technology
- Data Science & Analytics
- Management Consulting
- Hardware Engineering
- Design
- Sales
- Security
- Investment Banking & Sell Side
- Marketing
- Private Equity & Buy Side
- Corporate Finance
- Supply Chain
- Business Development
- Human Resources
- Operations
- Legal
- Admin
- Customer Service
- Communications
Return to Office
Work From Home
COVID-19
Layoffs
Investments & Money
Work Visa
Housing
Referrals
Job Openings
Startups
Office Life
Mental Health
HR Issues
Blockchain & Crypto
Fitness & Nutrition
Travel
Health Care & Insurance
Tax
Hobbies & Entertainment
Working Parents
Food & Dining
IPO
Side Jobs
Show more
SUPPORT
FOLLOW US
DOWNLOAD THE APP:
comments
We deploy a lot of the stuff on aws instances, not use services as are.
Letβs say that I didnβt encounter better engs at Amazon than at dd nor do I have any newbies with inflated title in my org but sure π€·ββοΈ
Or sometimes itβs just life
Jokes apart, it's not always you. Even if you're skilled, the way you approach problems or think may not necessarily align with the interviewer (or their team)
You'd surely learn as you interview more often and solve more LC
.
I obsessed over my then-dream-job reject like this 6 years ago and did not land a job for the next 3 months until I just got over it.