Uber·Software Engineer

Uber Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter conversation, I went into what turned out to be my toughest Uber SDE 2 round: a screening that combined DSA with system design topics.

The format was essentially one intense session where the DSA portion and the system design/lower-level thinking were both in play, and I felt the pressure immediately.

For the DSA part, I was asked about dynamic programming on trees—specifically a variation related to the optimal binary search tree idea. I also had to handle system-design-style work in the same screen, including something like designing Splitwise. The combination made time management brutal; I felt like I couldn’t give each part the attention I wanted.

When I finished, I was mostly waiting to hear back from the recruiter. I

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