Waymo Data Fluency round is basically un-prepable, and it cost me the offer
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the TL hypothetical thing got me too, wasted so much prep on star stories
same, felt like such a waste looking back
rough, sorry man
did they tell you it was data fluency beforehand or just spring it on you
recruiter mentioned it vaguely but gave zero detail on what to expect
data fluency is genuinely the worst designed round I've seen at any faang adjacent company
Man, that is brutal. Getting blindsided by an unconventional format after crushing the coding and surviving a vague system design round is the worst feeling, and freezing up there is completely understandable. I’m actually prepping for my own Waymo loop right now, and hearing how obscure that Data Fluency and behavioral round got is definitely sobering. Getting all the way to the end of their VO proves your baseline is elite, even if that curveball cost you this one. Take a couple of days to decompress and reset—you've got the chops to land the next one.