Uber

Software Engineer, Backend Interview Experience - United States

August 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Telephone interview, the interviewer is very kind and patient. The interview questions are given very clearly. After coding question, the interviewer gave a thorough introduction to the team he currently works on. Nice overall experience!

Questions

Token bucket.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Uber Software Engineer, Backend role in United States.

Success Rate

25%

Pass Rate

Uber's interview process for their Software Engineer, Backend roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive75%

Neutral0%

Negative25%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Uber's Software Engineer, Backend interview process in United States.

Uber Interview Questions

Bus Routes

Hard

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.

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Number of Islands II

Hard

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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Alien Dictionary

Hard

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.

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