Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
September 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview process included:
- A phone screen with a recruiter.
- A technical screen with a senior engineer.
- Four onsite interviews:
- Two frontend-focused questions.
- One algorithms question.
- An interview with the hiring manager.
Questions
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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
33%
Pass 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
Positive63%
Neutral16%
Negative21%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Uber's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Uber Work Experiences
5.0
Great, Fast-Growing Company
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 27, 2014
Pros: - Smart people
- Fast pace
- Great leadership
- Awesome benefits
- Tightly knit teams/company
Working for a company that is driven by a vision that every employee shares makes working a pleasure. People here work hard and are great at getting things done. It also helps that we all use our application multiple times a week so we understand the product that we're building.
Cons: - As a company that is growing exponentially (global reach and its personnel), we're constantly faced with new challenges in scaling people and processes. Although handling growing pains is well executed, it requires constant communication that sometimes isn't perfectly executed.
- You'll be pushed to work hard and get a lot done. If you can't keep up with the work, it will impact your work-life balance.
5.0
Having a good time so far!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 13, 2015
Pros: 1. You get to solve interesting and meaningful problems.
2. You work with very smart and friendly co-workers.
3. You have high impact, and your code gets deployed in production frequently.
4. You are flexible on design decisions while you take ownership of projects.
Cons: 1. Code review and code style are not strongly enforced, which sometimes can cause trouble or make it difficult to understand legacy code.
2. Test in production culture: There is no QA at Uber, so everyone is QA. You are responsible for your own bugs, but many times people are not careful enough and cause outages in production.
3. Technical debt.
4. Sometimes people get fired simply because they aren't in a good relationship with their direct manager.
5.0
SWE L3 Uber Experience
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 1, 2025
Pros: - Great benefits
- Uplifting culture
- Lots of facilities
Cons: - Very strict in performance reviews
- Onsite is overcrowded
- 5.0Great, Fast-Growing CompanySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 27, 2014Pros: - Smart people - Fast pace - Great leadership - Awesome benefits - Tightly knit teams/company Working for a company that is driven by a vision that every employee shares makes working a pleasure. People here work hard and are great at getting things done. It also helps that we all use our application multiple times a week so we understand the product that we're building.Cons: - As a company that is growing exponentially (global reach and its personnel), we're constantly faced with new challenges in scaling people and processes. Although handling growing pains is well executed, it requires constant communication that sometimes isn't perfectly executed. - You'll be pushed to work hard and get a lot done. If you can't keep up with the work, it will impact your work-life balance.
- 5.0Having a good time so far!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 13, 2015Pros: 1. You get to solve interesting and meaningful problems. 2. You work with very smart and friendly co-workers. 3. You have high impact, and your code gets deployed in production frequently. 4. You are flexible on design decisions while you take ownership of projects.Cons: 1. Code review and code style are not strongly enforced, which sometimes can cause trouble or make it difficult to understand legacy code. 2. Test in production culture: There is no QA at Uber, so everyone is QA. You are responsible for your own bugs, but many times people are not careful enough and cause outages in production. 3. Technical debt. 4. Sometimes people get fired simply because they aren't in a good relationship with their direct manager.
- 5.0SWE L3 Uber ExperienceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesApril 1, 2025Pros: - Great benefits - Uplifting culture - Lots of facilitiesCons: - Very strict in performance reviews - Onsite is overcrowded
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