I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Uber (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2015
Interview
Got called by the recruiter. Scheduled the technical phone interview soon after. The process was quick and smooth. The interview was focused mainly on mobile architecture. I've done mobile development in the past but wasn't too familiar with architecture details, so faltered a bit while answering. This was followed by a question on a design pattern. I had never heard of this pattern before. I took my time to understand the question with some help from the interviewer. He was quickly frustrated within 3-4 minutes and told me he was looking for developers with better coding skills. I disagree that I have bad coding skills just because I couldn't answer the question without frustrating the guy. Also, he should have understood that it's really hard for someone to implement a design pattern if they have never heard of it before. I would have expected him to move on to another question. Instead, he just gave up and ended the interview. I found it unfair to gauge someone's knowledge by asking one question when there is an entire ocean of other equally relevant CS topics to touch upon. All in all, an opportunity lost because of the interviewer's mood/impatience!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Say there are a bunch of records (either photos/news feed/videos) to be displayed as feed on a mobile app, how would you improve the performance of such an interface
2. Implement bus event design pattern
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.