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      Software Engineer Interview

      11 Aug 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Uber (London, England)

      Interview

      Apply Your first step is applying (of course). Use our job search to explore open roles and if you see something you like, hit apply. Uber moves fast, and new roles are added all the time, so check back regularly. Talk with a recruiter or sourcer You’ll start the interview process by talking with a member of the Talent Acquisition team about the role and your experience. This is a general conversation about your background and skill set as they relate to the role. We also want to know why you're interested in joining Uber, what you know about us, and your ideas for moving our business forward. It sounds obvious, but it is really important! Chat with the hiring manager If the opportunity seems like a good fit, you’ll next speak with the hiring manager for the role. During this conversation, they will ask more about your experience and skills, and you’ll have an opportunity to ask detailed role-specific questions. Use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method when answering the questions, and as much as possible, be data-centric in your answers. We back up most of our decisions with data, so prepare to talk about how you use data within your role. Technical interview (tech role only) Technical interviews can vary. For coding, this will be a shared coding session where you will be speaking with an interviewer and tackling a problem using a collaborative environment. Functional exercise or assessment (role dependent) We often present candidates with a job-related task or work simulation to help us understand their functional knowledge and problem-solving approach. This could be anything from an analytics assessment, written assessment, or portfolio review. Team interview The next step is often to meet the team and cross-functional colleagues. Interviewers will ask you various questions about core skills needed to be successful in the role. If you completed an exercise, you might be asked to do a presentation. Hiring decision Our recruiters partner closely with the hiring team to review each candidate’s performance against specific job criteria. The team works together to reach a decision and your recruiter will be in touch about the outcome. Fingers crossed!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      tell me a little bit about yourself
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      Software Engineer Interview

      30 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Uber

      Interview

      The interview process started with a recruiter screen where they covered my background and the role's expectations. Next, I had a phone screen focused on technical skills where I faced a DSA question on frequent elements in an array. I had practiced similar problems on prachub.com beforehand, which helped me tackle it effectively. The technical rounds consisted of coding and system design questions, including rate limiting. Finally, I had a behavioral interview where they assessed cultural fit. Overall, the experience was average, but I received and accepted an offer.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      3 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Uber (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      Recruiter screen then there was a hiring manager round which felt more like a mix of product sense + execution - mostly a mix of OOP algorithms in Python or Java and some high-level system design. The onsite was 5 back to back rounds covering data structures, database management (heavy on SQL and data lifecycles), deep sys design, and behavioral. The sys design round was the real test where I had to walk through building a scalable real-time gaming leaderboard, discussing tradeoffs ofcourse in architecture, APIs, and data flow. The coding rounds was around things like linked lists and tree traversals, while the behavioral part focused heavily on ownership of my code and handling feedback. When you prep, make sure you can go a level deeper on database management and object oriented patterns instead of just grinding LC I’d say. I did grind LC though but ensure you understand the depth behind everything you solve. I also did a few mocks with uber swe on prepfully specifically for the sys design and database rounds and that honestly helped me catch some blind spots in my architecture knowledge and practice explaining my tradeoffs clearly. I’d say get a mock or two from anywhere if you can - helped me a lot!
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      Software Engineer Interview

      27 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Sydney
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Uber (Sydney)

      Interview

      The Uber Software Engineer interview typically takes 4–6 weeks and begins with a recruiter screen focused on your experience, motivation, and role fit, followed by an online coding assessment or live coding screen with one or two algorithm problems that test correctness, efficiency, and communication. If you pass, you’ll have a technical phone interview solving a medium-to-hard coding problem with complexity discussion, and then a virtual onsite loop of about four to five one-hour rounds: a data-structures/algorithms coding interview, a machine-coding or low-level design round where you build a small system with clean, runnable code, a system design interview focused on large-scale distributed systems (often Uber-style problems like ride dispatch or surge pricing), and a behavioral interview assessing ownership, teamwork, and decision-making. Senior roles may include a project deep dive, and after all rounds a hiring committee reviews feedback before team matching and a final offer, with Uber evaluating problem solving, engineering fundamentals, system thinking, communication, and real-world impact throughout the process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you took ownership of a problem and solved it end-to-end.
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