Reddit Experience · Mar 2026

For coding round SWE at Waymo do you have to code 2 questions in 45 mins for phone scree?

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Interview Experience

Recently did an SWE coding phone screen. Between the 5 min intro, and 7 min questions at the end, I only have like 30ish mins for two questions. I coded the first one within like 20 mins, but that onl

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Recently did an SWE coding phone screen. Between the 5 min intro, and 7 min questions at the end, I only have like 30ish mins for two questions. I coded the first one within like 20 mins, but that only left like 10 mins for the next one. I remember the first one also had a small followup which I answered right away verbally. I worked with the interviewer to get the solution for 2nd one, but had no time to code. He mentioned that he understands what my approach is and noted it down then said let's just do questions for the remaining 7 minutes. is that a pass?

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This is a candidate experience report from a waymo interview for a swe role during the phone screen round reported in 2026.

It covers the following topics: General Experience .