Onsite

A Four-Round Onsite With Two System Design Problems

WaymoSoftware Engineer · Onsite · May 2026

A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn. Apparently the company's valuation went up 4x earlier this year, so they've been hiring a lot lately. The onsite was four rounds total. Round 1: System Design Design a Matchmaking Service: Join matchmaking queue Cancel matchmaking request Match two compatible players Notify both players when a match is found Handle disconnects and expired requests Round…

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