Uber

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

February 1, 2019

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The recruiter reached out by email and scheduled the phone screen for a couple of weeks later. The interview was an online meeting on CoderPad, featuring a LeetCode-style problem. The interviewer was communicative and provided helpful clues.

Questions

A graph problem above topological sort

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Uber Software Development Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Uber's Software Development Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

Uber Work Experiences

Best place for those who get bored at Google

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The company is growing at an incredible rate. There's a much higher rate of personal career growth possible than at Google or Facebook. The business directly touches the physical world instead of making money through ads. Projects have high impact. It's a hybrid between a startup and a large company. There are monthly Uber credits and free rides home from work late at night.

Cons: The company is currently caught in a negative press cycle that seems to feed itself. Offices are not as nice as Google or Facebook (at least until the new HQ is built). Work hours are in the 50-60 hours per week range instead of the 30-35 hours per week range at Google/Facebook.

Best place for those who get bored at Google

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The company is growing at an incredible rate. There's a much higher rate of personal career growth possible than at Google or Facebook. The business directly touches the physical world instead of making money through ads. Projects have high impact. It's a hybrid between a startup and a large company. There are monthly Uber credits and free rides home from work late at night.

Cons: The company is currently caught in a negative press cycle that seems to feed itself. Offices are not as nice as Google or Facebook (at least until the new HQ is built). Work hours are in the 50-60 hours per week range instead of the 30-35 hours per week range at Google/Facebook.

Great company to join, huge potential, and a great opportunity to join

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Have a good platform for you to explore world-class technologies. 2. Products are customer-facing, so it's fun. 3. The culture is good; people are nice and driven.

Cons: Can't think of any cons.

Great company to join, huge potential, and a great opportunity to join

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Have a good platform for you to explore world-class technologies. 2. Products are customer-facing, so it's fun. 3. The culture is good; people are nice and driven.

Cons: Can't think of any cons.

Valuable Learning, Missed Social

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

October 14, 2020

Pros: Practical project, great mentorship, and an overall super valuable experience.

Cons: A virtual internship isn't always ideal due to the lack of social interactions.

Valuable Learning, Missed Social

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

October 14, 2020

Pros: Practical project, great mentorship, and an overall super valuable experience.

Cons: A virtual internship isn't always ideal due to the lack of social interactions.

Best place for those who get bored at Google

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The company is growing at an incredible rate. There's a much higher rate of personal career growth possible than at Google or Facebook. The business directly touches the physical world instead of making money through ads. Projects have high impact. It's a hybrid between a startup and a large company. There are monthly Uber credits and free rides home from work late at night.

Cons: The company is currently caught in a negative press cycle that seems to feed itself. Offices are not as nice as Google or Facebook (at least until the new HQ is built). Work hours are in the 50-60 hours per week range instead of the 30-35 hours per week range at Google/Facebook.

5.0
Best place for those who get bored at Google
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 11, 2018
Pros: The company is growing at an incredible rate. There's a much higher rate of personal career growth possible than at Google or Facebook. The business directly touches the physical world instead of making money through ads. Projects have high impact. It's a hybrid between a startup and a large company. There are monthly Uber credits and free rides home from work late at night.
Cons: The company is currently caught in a negative press cycle that seems to feed itself. Offices are not as nice as Google or Facebook (at least until the new HQ is built). Work hours are in the 50-60 hours per week range instead of the 30-35 hours per week range at Google/Facebook.

Great company to join, huge potential, and a great opportunity to join

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Have a good platform for you to explore world-class technologies. 2. Products are customer-facing, so it's fun. 3. The culture is good; people are nice and driven.

Cons: Can't think of any cons.

5.0
Great company to join, huge potential, and a great opportunity to join
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
June 4, 2019
Pros: 1. Have a good platform for you to explore world-class technologies. 2. Products are customer-facing, so it's fun. 3. The culture is good; people are nice and driven.
Cons: Can't think of any cons.

Valuable Learning, Missed Social

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

October 14, 2020

Pros: Practical project, great mentorship, and an overall super valuable experience.

Cons: A virtual internship isn't always ideal due to the lack of social interactions.

4.0
Valuable Learning, Missed Social
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
South San Francisco, California, United States
October 14, 2020
Pros: Practical project, great mentorship, and an overall super valuable experience.
Cons: A virtual internship isn't always ideal due to the lack of social interactions.

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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