Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Uber with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 47% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 430 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Uber overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Uber as a Software Engineer according to 430 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Uber (Pittsburgh, PA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Recruiter contacted to discuss if I have a suitable background. Then one telephonic interview to go through my resume and project. Some questions about debugging techniques and C++ fact checks.
Then there was one take home assignment. It was to test C++ 11 skills and design skills. The assignment was about writing a data structure.
Next were 5 onsite interviews. 45 Minutes each. First 2 were medium and hard array based questions. Both of them could be found on leetcode. Next was a design question. I was asked to write classes and api signatures. No implementation. Next was more about digging into resumes, coursework, projects and concepts. There were all sorts of questions relevant to computer science, but were short questions. Last one was about system details. More about what happens when you execute a program. Very fine details. More about memory access, instructions and their operands, representation of data in memory etc. The same interviewer asked me another basic question and write a code on whiteboard. It was a simple one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Signed NDA. But questions were very standard ones.
Very smooth, interviewers were friendly, on-site and all interviews in the same day. Managed to grab lunch and talk about the company culture. Good guidance throughout the process. Two coding, two system design, one bar raiser, one hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Something about bus stops on a map, compute positions from an API
I applied online. I interviewed at Uber in May 2026
Interview
The interview process begins with an initial BFS screening to evaluate overall fit and relevant experience, followed by three virtual onsite interviews that focus on coding ability, an in-depth discussion of technical background and past projects, as well as behavioral and collaboration-related questions to assess communication and teamwork skills.