I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Uber (Boston, MA) in Jun 2016
Interview
I have applied Uber for twice, but got rejected twice. The interview starts from a call of HR, who is very patient and quick responsive. Then they will send to you a doc for three questions. All the questions focus on data analysis, data modeling. I did it in Python and R. Then I heard back after a week for a technology phone interview. They have high bar on this round. The questions are all related to design Uber product and solve some real problems of Uber. I think it's hard for fresh graduate.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Uber (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2016
Interview
The HR reached out to me through Linkedin and we set up a call quickly. Before I got to talk to anyone, they sent me a 3-page task to finish. After I delivered the 10-page papers in a week, they changed me to a lower position without letting me know the reason.
That's fine. Since I have already done the papers, I do not mind just go for that lower level position. Now, that is all the crap happening. They assigned a student fresh out of college to interview me (1.5-year in Uber is all his job experiences). I hold a master from Ivy League and been working in a prestigious consulting firm for 4 years. WTF?
The new kid acted likes he was experienced and throw all the big words to you to try to make you uncomfortable. Interview questions are so rude and immature. Like "have you ever read the job description?", "explain this to a 10-year-old." He did not even know what he was talking about. Totally a frat kid feeling. I decided to not move forward after this interview.
I have not had this bad interview experiences for a long time. Not sure if this is just a west coast thing, or simply Uber culture is bad. However, take a look at the CEO's frat boy behavior to bully its competitors. I do not doubt they will attract the same people.
Absolutely negative expeirnces!
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Uber (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2016
Interview
I was referred through a friend. The whole process took almost two months, but I was partly responsible for this delay. It's a multi-stage process: phone chat with a recruiter, phone interviews with recruiting managers, take home challenge (SQL, data analysis, ML), and finally on-site interview with 5 people. Besides the usual behavioral and motivation questions, most other questions were related to some sort of problems or situations faced by Uber. The whole experience was positive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were many questions during the interview. Here is a brief summary of type of questions. How do you find an anomaly in a distribution? How do you investigate that a certain trend in a distribution is due to anomaly? How do you test a particular product? Pick your favorite product or app and describe how you would improve it or design it? How do you estimate of an impact that Uber has on driving conditions and congestion? Most questions were open-ended.