Cracking Uber's Software Engineer Phone Screen: The Robot Grid Distance Challenge

Uber | Software Engineer | Interview Experience

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

Interview Process

I had a technical phone screen with Uber for a software engineer position. The interviewer started with general behavioral questions related to my previous experiences and projects. After that, I was asked to solve a coding problem. The problem involved finding the distance between two robots on a grid. I managed to solve it within the given time, and the interviewer was friendly, providing hints when I got stuck. After solving the coding problem, we discussed some system design concepts, specifically my approach to handling scalability issues.

Technical Questions

  1. Robot Grid Distance Challenge (Grid, Math, Simulation)

Tips & Insights

Be prepared for both behavioral and technical questions. Practice coding problems related to grids and be ready to discuss system design and scalability.