Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
A recruiter reached out to me.
I was impressed with their process, especially given the number of flaky recruiters I've dealt with during the interview process.
Unfortunately, I did not make it past the phone screen because my solution was not optimal enough, according to the recruiter's feedback.
Questions
Given an array of stick lengths, return the number of turns it takes to have no sticks left. Each turn, you remove sticks of the smallest length and cut that length from the rest of the sticks.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 121 interview experiences for the Uber Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Uber's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Uber's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Uber Work Experiences
- 2.0Interesting technical problems, broken orgSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 27, 2022Pros: Interesting technical problems on a product people use all the time.Cons: Organizationally dysfunctional. Too many people in line-of-control conflicts at all levels of the company. After two rounds of layoffs, the ability to hire and retain talent is not great.
- 4.0Great benefits, average work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 19, 2025Pros: - Benefits are pretty good, like 1 month work from anywhere, free food, etc. - High scale - Stock rise has been greatCons: - Expectations are pretty high. - Dev experience sucks. It feels like everything is broken.
- 5.0Fast Growth, Great OwnershipSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 2, 2018Pros: Lots of exciting opportunities in the most famous/fast-growing start-up. Good for career growth. Lots of opportunities to take responsibility and be the owner.Cons: Everything is good for now.
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