Cracking Uber's Software Engineer Interview: A Deep Dive into Meeting Room Challenges

uber | Software Engineer | Interview Experience

Interview Date: Not specified
Result: Not specified
Difficulty: Not specified

Interview Process

The interview included a meeting room question. The input was a list of room IDs, with the starting available time period for each room set to [-inf, inf]. The candidate was required to call scheduleMeeting(start, end). The overall approach discussed was a dichotomous search. There was no code template or test case provided, which led to a focus on defining the problem clearly. The candidate was encouraged to express their thoughts, discuss the trade-offs of different solutions, and analyze time complexity.

Technical Questions

  1. Meeting Rooms II

Tips & Insights

Candidates should focus on clearly defining the problem and articulating their thought process, including discussing trade-offs and time complexity.