I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Uber (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The process itself was straightforward. The onsite interview consisted of system design, algorithm & design, coding and tech feedback rounds.
What was horrible was my experience with the recruiter. She had no respect for my time throughout the process. She set up an initial call to talk about the interview process and never called. After the onsite interview she randomly reached out to me to talk about next steps. I wasn't available so asked her to reschedule and never heard back from her for few days. Then she scheduled two meetings for the same reason. She would then cancel / reschedule the meeting after the start time. She showed complete disrespect for my availability.
During the interview, the interviewers kept reiterating the fact that I should feel free to reach out to them if need. When I did reach out to one of them to raise my concerns, I didn't hear back.
Seems like the company lacks any respect for your time. I declined their offer just because of this. I am glad I found this out now than later.
The phone screen lasted about 30 minutes and began with general questions about my background before diving into technical topics. I was asked to solve a DSA question on finding the top K frequent elements, discussing both the min-heap and bucket-sort approaches. Surprisingly, I had recently practiced a similar problem on the algorithm section of PracHub, which helped me articulate my thought process clearly. The interview continued with an onsite where I tackled system design and behavioral questions, and overall, the experience was straightforward and positive, leading to an offer that I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Top K Frequent Elements: given an integer array and integer k, return the k most frequent elements. Walk through both the min-heap approach (O(n log k) time) and the bucket-sort approach (O(n) time), then discuss the trade-offs in time, space, and which one you'd pick for a streaming variant where new numbers keep arriving.
Surprisingly, the interview felt quite straightforward, especially for a senior role. I started with a technical screen, where I was asked to design an Uber Eats cart service. It caught me off guard initially, but then I remembered a specific mock I had practiced on PracHub that was nearly spot-on with this scenario. The final round included some behavioral questions, and although I received an offer, I ultimately decided to decline. Overall, it was a positive experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Uber (Bengaluru)
Interview
Round 1 - Coding
Question: Count Rectangle-Line Intersections. Given a set of rectangles and a set of vertical line segments, count how many places the vertical lines intersect the rectangle edges (ignoring edge-on-edge overlaps).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Count Rectangle-Line Intersections. Given a set of rectangles and a set of vertical line segments, count how many places the vertical lines intersect the rectangle edges.