Uber

Attempted the CodeSignal General Coding Assessment—intense but fair. It covered algorithms, data structures, and edge cases. The time pressure was real, but the problems were diverse and tested logical reasoning and coding efficiency.

The process started when I decided to talk with one of the company's engineers at my university's career fair. I gave the engineer my resume and, a couple of weeks later, got an email to set up an on-campus interview with one of their engineers. The

15-minute phone screen with recruiter. One-hour technical interview with the engineering team. Rejected after the first technical round due to poor performance on a LeetCode-style question. Overall, a pretty standard experience.