Uber Software Engineer interview experience

I was able to come up with a solution, code it, explain it clearly, and even run it so it worked, but I knew right away my approach wasn’t optimal.

As I talked through the reasoning, I could feel the gap between “it works” and “it’s the best way.” I didn’t get stuck on correctness, but the optimization piece was where I felt less confident.

By the end of the screen, I had something that passed and I could articulate it, yet I left with the feeling that the efficiency tradeoffs might be the deciding factor. The tension of that mismatch—passing tests while not being optimal—was pretty hard to