I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Uber in Mar 2017
Interview
Day 1:Got referred by a friend already working in Uber.
Day 3:Got an email 3 days later to schedule a preliminary talk with a recruiter
Day 7: Candid discussion with the recruiter, general walk me through your resume type. Why Uber etc?
Day 7: Got an email with a link to pass a 2 hour analytical test within the next 72 hours
Day 9: Finished the test - cleared it, got an email 1 hour later after submission stating to schedule a talk with the lead recruiter for the role
Day 12: Spoke with the recruiter, again very candid discussion about what I thought about the role and my experience etc. He told me in detail about the role, sent me a few documents to read - was very helpful and genuinely seemed interested to help me clear the process
Day 13: Another recruiter coordinator emailed me, and scheduled the next round with me with another op manager.
Day 16: Video call with the ops manager, again very candid discussion but more in detail about how my experience would help me in the role, some general questions, we had a common ex-employer so we hit a common chord their - interview was supposed to be 45 minutes but we ended up speaking for an hour. I knew I had cleared it after I got done.
Day 18: Got an email from recruiting coordinator again, and we schedules the on site. They were supposed to me 6 interviews back to back of 45 minutes each. Two days before the onsite the coordinator emailed me a new schedule (for the same day) and apologized for the change as some interviewers had to travel on an urgent basis. I was fine with that as they communicated the change to me before hand.
...the big day
Day 24: Back to back 4 interviews - 2 with op. managers, one with a GM and one with the over all program leader. Very nice discussions - very focused yet friendly, very analytical and very much based on case studies - I enjoyed doing the cases they gave me to crack. I asked a lot of questions and they kept helping me where ever they could and I arrived at answers with which my interviewers seems to be satisfied with. Overall great experience, I felt I learnt a lot more about the culture and came out wanting to work for the firm much more then when the whole process started.
Day 29: Got the offer call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Uber? Why leave your current job? What do you understand about the role? How will you approach it? If x happens, what will your response be?
Five to seven rounds of interviews, tests and presentations just to get a “no, thank you” at the end without much of a feedback. Acceptable for regular recruitment but not after weeks dedicated to the process.
Pretty easy at early stages - just need to know about supply and demand basics. Analytics test is harder, but manageable if you know Excel well. They are definitely interested in your problem solving abilities and ability to "get things done" with minimal supervision.
Easy and good with few layers of tech question. Overall good thing. They will ask about data and logical question. So overall process of program is required. 3 total rounds
