Uber·Software Engineer

Uber Software Engineer interview experience

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NigeriaPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a phone screen that included a single coding question.

I passed and moved on to onsite, where the first coding round had two problems. One was an LRU Cache problem, and the other was about finding the shortest path in a weighted graph.

The second onsite coding round went in a different direction: string manipulation and tree traversal, and then there was system design as part of that stage. Interview-wise, what stood out was the way the problem-solving was handled—when I needed to think and debug, the interviewers let me breathe rather than jumping in with immediate hints. The follow-ups were also thorough and careful, and the overall vibe felt

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