I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Uber (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2022
Interview
The process with the recruiter was very smooth (no call, only email).
Tech screening - the worst experience I have had to date
- I asked clarifying questions on the input. The interviewer (probably unintentionally) misled me. Thus I had a different algorithm than what was needed.
- Sample inputs were bad and unclear on input format. This added to the wrong clarification from the previous point (the same input would apply to multiple questions, likely interviewer got this from a different question).
- Interviewer was in his kitchen with video on (totally fine). But another person frequented the video and peered into the screen often. They has side conversations with the other person, with the mic on. Very distracting to know if they were talking to me
- I implemented the solution for my understanding of the question, and discussed its complexity. Only then did he say that my understanding was different from what he wanted
- 15 min left., I am trying to implement the new aldo, and the interviewer insists that I use a particular data structure ONLY
- Interviewer did not know what a "post-increment operator" is!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode hard question-related arrays and trees. The question itself is not on LC, but would be classified as hard
Interview was like a normal one that you can expect for most of the silicon valley’s companies do. Started with an intro followed by a coding interview. Question was related to bfs. I was not able to solve it in full within the provided time.
I applied online. Talked to the recruiter and then scheduled a technical screen. When time for the screen came the interviewer seemed pretty junior. The question was standard butt it seems like they are calibrating based on newly graduated Cs majors.