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      Software Engineer Interview

      20 Dec 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Uber in Nov 2014

      Interview

      While I'd love to tell the exact questions I was asked, I am sure I've signed an NDA, and also every interview is different. I'll try to be as informative as possible though. Was referred by a buddy to his team, and the initial process took a little longer (about two weeks) partly due to the recruiter not reaching out immediately and that I put things off since I was busy during that period of time. The phone interview was on filling in code for an existing interface in the mobile framework, which is a not the easiest thing to do since we rely heavily on the editor to auto complete most of the time. The interviewwe was very nice and didn't dwell too much on syntax. The interviewer went into a deeper discussion about the code I just wrote, including why I think the framework was implemented the way it was, and various follow up questions about this particularly feature. The interviewer was quite helpful and offered more detailed explanations of the answers he was looking for throughout the interview. A day later the recruiter called with positive feedback and wanted to to move to onsite. I was given options of completing a coding challenge at home or onsite (an easier version of the take home I assume). I chose the take home for obvious reasons, but told him that I was going be very busy over the next few days. I eventually around to it and spent about 4-5 hours on it before submitting, after which I was knocking my head on the wall after realizing I had bugs and what not. Also I was unsure of how polished it was suppose to be, and tried to adhere to the 4 hour guideline, which we all know is not a lot of time to do anything. Two days later the recruiter called back to move onto the onsite. The feedback was that overall I did well on the coding challenge, with some problems (e.g. not demonstrating understanding of MVC, bugs, etc), but those problems will be addressed once I go in person. Interviewees are given $200 in Uber credits to get to and from the interview, which I didn't use as it wasn't enough giving the limitations. Once there, I was put into a room (which every interview complained to be very cold) for 5 one-hour interviews. Compared to other interviews I've done in the past, I felt that the Uber interview was the most effective at gauging the domain knowledge as well as programming skills of a candidate , as opposed to most other places where the questions asked are not relevant to the domain, and in the case of places like Google, completely not related to one's expertise. During the interviews, I was asked to: 1) fix bugs and add to the project I submitted for the coding challenge, and defend my implementation with a bunch of follow up questions related to optimization 2) answer a ton of questions on the mobile framework that tested for both breadth and depth of knowledge (not sure how I came up with some of those answers) 3) code algorithm involving implementation and use of two data structures (was unfamiliar with the second one and had to figure it out on the spot) 4) OOP design question (hardest one for me by far as the interviewer wanted a completely modularized design) 5) design discussion (very interesting as the interview was a debate and I wasn't sure what the interviewer was looking for) One day later, the recruiter called to make an offer. I want to mention that the Uber recruiter was very professional and moved very fast (This is not true in many case elsewhere). Useful feedback was also given that allowed me to better prepare for the next stage. I was very satisfied working with him and at no point in time felt I like I was left hanging.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design a casino game
      Answer question
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      Software Engineer Interview

      30 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Uber

      Interview

      The interview process started with a recruiter screen where they covered my background and the role's expectations. Next, I had a phone screen focused on technical skills where I faced a DSA question on frequent elements in an array. I had practiced similar problems on prachub.com beforehand, which helped me tackle it effectively. The technical rounds consisted of coding and system design questions, including rate limiting. Finally, I had a behavioral interview where they assessed cultural fit. Overall, the experience was average, but I received and accepted an offer.
      2

      Software Engineer Interview

      3 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Uber (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      Recruiter screen then there was a hiring manager round which felt more like a mix of product sense + execution - mostly a mix of OOP algorithms in Python or Java and some high-level system design. The onsite was 5 back to back rounds covering data structures, database management (heavy on SQL and data lifecycles), deep sys design, and behavioral. The sys design round was the real test where I had to walk through building a scalable real-time gaming leaderboard, discussing tradeoffs ofcourse in architecture, APIs, and data flow. The coding rounds was around things like linked lists and tree traversals, while the behavioral part focused heavily on ownership of my code and handling feedback. When you prep, make sure you can go a level deeper on database management and object oriented patterns instead of just grinding LC I’d say. I did grind LC though but ensure you understand the depth behind everything you solve. I also did a few mocks with uber swe on prepfully specifically for the sys design and database rounds and that honestly helped me catch some blind spots in my architecture knowledge and practice explaining my tradeoffs clearly. I’d say get a mock or two from anywhere if you can - helped me a lot!
      3

      Software Engineer Interview

      27 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Sydney
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Uber (Sydney)

      Interview

      The Uber Software Engineer interview typically takes 4–6 weeks and begins with a recruiter screen focused on your experience, motivation, and role fit, followed by an online coding assessment or live coding screen with one or two algorithm problems that test correctness, efficiency, and communication. If you pass, you’ll have a technical phone interview solving a medium-to-hard coding problem with complexity discussion, and then a virtual onsite loop of about four to five one-hour rounds: a data-structures/algorithms coding interview, a machine-coding or low-level design round where you build a small system with clean, runnable code, a system design interview focused on large-scale distributed systems (often Uber-style problems like ride dispatch or surge pricing), and a behavioral interview assessing ownership, teamwork, and decision-making. Senior roles may include a project deep dive, and after all rounds a hiring committee reviews feedback before team matching and a final offer, with Uber evaluating problem solving, engineering fundamentals, system thinking, communication, and real-world impact throughout the process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you took ownership of a problem and solved it end-to-end.
      Answer question

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