I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2025
Interview
Very rushed case study where the interviewer did not even really care about any of my personal information or background and just wanted to rush through a case study as fast as possible without letting you type. Seemed like it was setup to fail and not give me a good chance, pretty sure the interviewer had already decided on a candidate and just seemed like I was wasting her time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the customer journey of an airline nothing to do with doordash
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at DoorDash (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
a recruiter chat then a phone screen with a PM that was like mix of product sense and how you rank features and stuff. tthe virtual onsite was four rounds: analytics, product sense, prioritization, and values. the prioritization interview is easily the toughest part of the loop. they don't want generic roadmaps; you have to balance limited resources across their three-sided market (dashers, restaurants, customers) and make really hard trade-offs on who wins and who loses in a given scenario. product sense was super grounded. they aren't looking for you to pitch shiny new app features. we mostly just talked through how to fix things when a live order goes sideways, or what your move is when a neighborhood suddenly runs out of drivers. analytics round was heavy on metric trade-offs, and the values chat was basically checking how you deal when things go wrong with process or other stakeholders, etc. for prep, I’d sayt ditch the standard pm frameworks and actually study gig economy mechanics (there are a lot of gud resources available online). i grabbed a mock interview on prepfully with a doordash pm beforehand and it really helped me get a grip on the marketplace balancing act. you have to be ready to defend your logic when they push back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
if you were a PM at DoorDash, which space would you aim to explore expanding into for the company
Had a call with the recruiter, then product prioritization round (screen interview). They were looking for defining metrics, users, mapping user journey, identifying and prioritizing pain points and proposing solutions
Recruiter screen, a product prioritization case, and an onsite. Review marketplace companies, and how to improve product usage experiences - these will be tested in the cases. Rest of the interviews are standard behavioral, very close to the document sent by the recruiter