Explaining Your Motivation for a Product Manager Role at DoorDash
Company: DoorDash
Role: Product Manager
Category: Behavioral & Leadership
Difficulty: medium
Interview Round: Other
An interviewer asks what draws you to DoorDash and why you want to join as a product manager. Give the answer you would deliver in the room.
```hint Make it specific to DoorDash
An answer that would work just as well for any large tech company is weak. Tie a specific part of DoorDash's business to a specific thread in your own experience.
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### Clarifying Questions
- Is the role on a specific part of DoorDash, such as the consumer app, merchant tools, the Dasher experience or logistics, so I can speak to that work?
- Do you want a short opening answer, or should I also cover why this role fits where I am in my career?
### What a Strong Answer Covers
- Specific, accurate knowledge of DoorDash's business: consumers, merchants and Dashers, and its growth beyond restaurants
- A genuine reason the candidate cares about that business or problem space
- Evidence from past work that makes the candidate a fit for the role
- Why this role at this point in the candidate's career, and what they hope to build or learn
- A concise, sincere delivery without flattery or generic praise
### Follow-up Questions
- Why DoorDash rather than Uber Eats, Instacart or another marketplace?
- What is one thing in the DoorDash app you would change first, and why?
- What do you expect to find hardest about building for consumers, merchants and Dashers at the same time?
Overview: A behavioral question asking a product manager candidate to explain why they want to join DoorDash. It tests whether the candidate understands the business and its three-sided marketplace, can connect it to their own experience, and can give a concise, sincere answer.