Uber Software Engineer interview experience

The interviewer was friendly and kept the discussion low-pressure, but the core of the round was still a medium-level DSA question. I was given a setup with a number of houses in a line and an array called initial_infected, and the problem was framed around an infection sequence.

The conversation was interactive—I talked through my thinking while I worked the logic out, and the friendly tone made it easier to stay focused even when I had to refine my approach. By the end, it felt less like a gotcha and more like a real problem-solving discussion, even though the content itself was standard