Uber Software Engineer interview experience

Nothing about the individual interviews felt disastrously bad; each round went fine in my mind, and I left with the sense that I’d explained myself clearly and stayed on track.

Even with that positive feeling, I ended up getting rejected. The part that lingered afterward was not just the decision itself, but not knowing what the bar actually was supposed to be. I couldn’t connect the outcome to anything specific that I “clearly” did wrong, so the whole process left me confused about what they were optimizing for.