Director Engineering Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Phone screen.
Direct leadership call with SLT manager, then peer and direct reports interviews.
Overall, a pretty standard process, with a mix of management, technology, architecture, and collaboration.
If you can speak to systems end-to-end, your management experience, and your ability to grow teams, you should be good to go.
Questions
How do you establish an organization-wide program for updating a critical legacy service?
How do you guide this program, work with the execution team, and manage stakeholder alignment?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Uber Director Engineering role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Uber's interview process for their Director Engineering roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Uber's Director Engineering interview process in San Francisco, California.
Uber Work Experiences
- 5.0Good Learning, Bad ManagementSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 3, 2025Pros: Good opportunities and learning curveCons: Senior management not very good.
- 4.0Great place to workStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 23, 2025Pros: Competitive salary Good benefits Life balanceCons: Performance evaluation based more on politics than actual performance.
- 5.0Good work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 8, 2025Pros: Good work-life balance here.Cons: No cons, honestly. Loved being here.
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