I was given such a ridiculous interview question, absolutely no relation to real-world practices and was more of a puzzle than anything and tested no practical or algorithmic thinking. To be completely honest, I was astounded that I was given such an absurd question. I pretty much got the question right, just a few implementation details that I had to fix but ran out of time but honestly, I don't know how you would be able to solve this problem completely if you hadn't seen it before (and I had not seen it before). Absolutely useless question and tests zero conceptual thinking. It reminded me more of bit manipulation. I liked the recruiters though!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some ridiculous question involving integer manipulation
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Uber in Jun 2025
Interview
Received 2 phone screens. The 1st recruiter sent me an OA link and I could not finish in time, so I asked him if I could get an extra day. He never replied and 2 weeks later I found him get a new job at another company.
The 2nd recruiter sent me an assessment after and I completed, but this guy also became a "ghost" and never replied.