Uber

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

October 1, 2020

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I have a question about graphs. The question was similar to hard-level LeetCode questions. I couldn't solve it during the interview.

Be ready to solve hard LeetCode questions for this interview; I only prepared for medium-level ones.

The interviewer was helpful with hints.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 17 interview experiences for the Uber Software Engineer (Internship) role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

35%

Pass Rate

Uber's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive59%

Neutral24%

Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Uber's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in San Francisco, California.

Uber Work Experiences

Great Perks, Long Commute

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 6, 2020

Pros: Good compensation Good benefits Interesting problems Smart co-workers Free food

Cons: If you don't want to pay SF prices, you'll probably have around a 1-hour commute.

Great Perks, Long Commute

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 6, 2020

Pros: Good compensation Good benefits Interesting problems Smart co-workers Free food

Cons: If you don't want to pay SF prices, you'll probably have around a 1-hour commute.

Impactful Work, Some Bureaucracy

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Lots of impactful work to be found here.

Cons: Some bureaucracy can be found.

Impactful Work, Some Bureaucracy

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Lots of impactful work to be found here.

Cons: Some bureaucracy can be found.

Excellent place to grow your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 12, 2017

Pros: Great opportunities to grow. Exciting technologies to work with as an engineer. Company moves very fast in every way you can think of. Talented coworkers. Great perks: * Uber credits * Food * Gym/cell phone reimbursement * Yoga/meditation rooms

Cons: Lunch and dinner food isn't the best. Some teams seem to be very fast-paced, but work-life balance is getting better.

Excellent place to grow your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 12, 2017

Pros: Great opportunities to grow. Exciting technologies to work with as an engineer. Company moves very fast in every way you can think of. Talented coworkers. Great perks: * Uber credits * Food * Gym/cell phone reimbursement * Yoga/meditation rooms

Cons: Lunch and dinner food isn't the best. Some teams seem to be very fast-paced, but work-life balance is getting better.

Great Perks, Long Commute

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 6, 2020

Pros: Good compensation Good benefits Interesting problems Smart co-workers Free food

Cons: If you don't want to pay SF prices, you'll probably have around a 1-hour commute.

5.0
Great Perks, Long Commute
Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 6, 2020
Pros: Good compensation Good benefits Interesting problems Smart co-workers Free food
Cons: If you don't want to pay SF prices, you'll probably have around a 1-hour commute.

Impactful Work, Some Bureaucracy

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Lots of impactful work to be found here.

Cons: Some bureaucracy can be found.

4.0
Impactful Work, Some Bureaucracy
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 28, 2023
Pros: Lots of impactful work to be found here.
Cons: Some bureaucracy can be found.

Excellent place to grow your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 12, 2017

Pros: Great opportunities to grow. Exciting technologies to work with as an engineer. Company moves very fast in every way you can think of. Talented coworkers. Great perks: * Uber credits * Food * Gym/cell phone reimbursement * Yoga/meditation rooms

Cons: Lunch and dinner food isn't the best. Some teams seem to be very fast-paced, but work-life balance is getting better.

5.0
Excellent place to grow your career
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 12, 2017
Pros: Great opportunities to grow. Exciting technologies to work with as an engineer. Company moves very fast in every way you can think of. Talented coworkers. Great perks: * Uber credits * Food * Gym/cell phone reimbursement * Yoga/meditation rooms
Cons: Lunch and dinner food isn't the best. Some teams seem to be very fast-paced, but work-life balance is getting better.

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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