Uber

Data Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

May 1, 2016

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I took a ride, and the app suggested a code on the road. I used it, and they sent me an email asking for my resume. Two weeks after that, they interviewed me over the phone and later scheduled another phone interview for the following week.

Questions

Implement a function to calculate the square root of any given number up to 2 decimal places of precision.

Then, I was asked to optimize it and implement a caching mechanism to eliminate redundant calculations.

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The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Uber Data Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

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Uber's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Uber's Data Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

Uber Work Experiences

Great People, Concerning Future

Data Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

February 12, 2022

Pros: The people are top-notch.

Cons: All of engineering is eventually moving to India.

Great People, Concerning Future

Data Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

February 12, 2022

Pros: The people are top-notch.

Cons: All of engineering is eventually moving to India.

Great company to work with

Data Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great company to work with, as the data volumes are so huge to transform into meaningful insights. It's a good platform to work with many open-source technologies.

Cons: As such a big company and trying to reach the profitable stage, layoffs are one of the metrics that always pops up to cut costs.

Great company to work with

Data Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great company to work with, as the data volumes are so huge to transform into meaningful insights. It's a good platform to work with many open-source technologies.

Cons: As such a big company and trying to reach the profitable stage, layoffs are one of the metrics that always pops up to cut costs.

Great Culture, Documentation Heavy

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Great culture. Helpful colleagues in the team.

Cons: A lot of documentation was involved.

Great Culture, Documentation Heavy

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Great culture. Helpful colleagues in the team.

Cons: A lot of documentation was involved.

Great People, Concerning Future

Data Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

February 12, 2022

Pros: The people are top-notch.

Cons: All of engineering is eventually moving to India.

4.0
Great People, Concerning Future
Data Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
February 12, 2022
Pros: The people are top-notch.
Cons: All of engineering is eventually moving to India.

Great company to work with

Data Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great company to work with, as the data volumes are so huge to transform into meaningful insights. It's a good platform to work with many open-source technologies.

Cons: As such a big company and trying to reach the profitable stage, layoffs are one of the metrics that always pops up to cut costs.

5.0
Great company to work with
Data Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 29, 2020
Pros: Great company to work with, as the data volumes are so huge to transform into meaningful insights. It's a good platform to work with many open-source technologies.
Cons: As such a big company and trying to reach the profitable stage, layoffs are one of the metrics that always pops up to cut costs.

Great Culture, Documentation Heavy

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Great culture. Helpful colleagues in the team.

Cons: A lot of documentation was involved.

5.0
Great Culture, Documentation Heavy
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
May 15, 2024
Pros: Great culture. Helpful colleagues in the team.
Cons: A lot of documentation was involved.

Uber Interview Questions

Bus Routes

Imagine you're planning a trip using a network of bus routes. Given a set of routes and start/end locations, find the fewest number of buses you must take to reach your destination.

Alien Dictionary

You are given a sorted list of words from an alien language and need to deduce the order of the letters in that language. Determine the alien alphabet order based on the given word sequence.

GraphsArraysTopological Sort

Number of Islands II

Imagine an empty grid that represents the sea. You are given a sequence of coordinates to add land (islands) to the grid one by one. Determine the number of islands after each addition.

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