I had a phone screen with Uber. Finished two coding exercises in the session. (About 45 mins as we spent some time talking and ended the session earlier). One is a medium problem in Leetcode which I had complete running code with some tests and the interviewer verified the results were correct. As for another one I had the code with right solution but didn’t have a chance to run it as the interviewer got what I was trying to do and used the last few mins for any questions I had. But I got rejected after a few days. Is the bar to Uber so high and the expectation is to finish more than two medium problems in a 1 hour phone screen ? I am pretty sure I got the solution for the first problem right as I put my code in Leetcode and the solution beats 50% of others. And from the interviewer’s reaction I got he second problem right too. Do they compare candidates they have received so far or they do have a consistent bar for the phone screen?
Maybe they didn't reject you due to coding skill.
What other factors might come into play?
Communication (did you talk through the problem, ask questions, engage with the interviewer...) Everyone knows leetcode exists, so I think other factors are becoming just as important.
I had a similar experience with Lyft. Did you know the problem beforehand. May be they wanted us to act dumb and them come to nice solution in the fly. I am not sure what went wrong too.
I have seen the first question but not the second one. But it has been a while so it’s not like I can come up with the solution out of nowhere.
Yes it is to completely pass those 2:(
Thanks for the info. At least it’s good to know where the bar is. It seems higher than I thought especially in the cases where you have never seen the problems before.
lol the fact that you responded to this guys troll is the real reason you were rejected
Communication is big
Yes it needs to completely pass running code for both questions. Depending on your luck they may be geekforgeeks easy , medium or hard
Feel free to pm me. I can help you get a little feedback from your TPS👍🏻
Bullshit. Seems that leetcode reduced the interview process to: code fast & correct & nothing else matters. While I imagine some interviewers may be that way (aka chinese) , the sane majority wants to see how you communicate, how you think about the problem, and if you are a nice person in general.
50% of the TPS is answering correctly, the rest is on communication and attention to detail. The main consideration is "do you think this candidate will be successful in an onsite."
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