Uber phone screen bar?

Dec 1, 2021 14 Comments

Was asked an LC hard with a lot of code to write. (bfs with a twist and preprocessing required for building graph). I wrote the code, tested it and it worked. But still got a reject.
Wondering what I could have done better. Am I just supposed to be a robot who spews out a long LC hard solution with no thinking required?!

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  • Self assessment is really difficult, since the same skills to solve the problem are what's used to self assess (Dunning Kruger).
    You may have solved the wrong problem entirely.
    "I solved the problem but got reject" usually indicates some miscalibration. I can't say without watching the interview though

    I've also had candidates (when I was conducting interviews) say they were done and the code worked => I point out error => they fix and say it works => error happen 3 times before an actual correct solution
    Dec 1, 2021 5
    • Thanks, that's useful. Maybe I should have spent more time discussing the approach, but in this case the interviewer was just quiet and didn't ask follow up questions about the approach I proposed and just told me to go ahead and write the code. It's a good idea to communicate my plan, will do that from next time.
      Dec 1, 2021
    • Google / Eng
      LeeJaeDong

      Go to company page Google Eng

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      Amazon
      LeeJaeDong
      It depends entirely on what the bug was. If it was a typo, the interviewer probably didn’t care. If it was a missing edge case, minor red flag. If it was related to the core logic in the happy case, huge red flag.
      Dec 1, 2021
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    nokcm25

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    nokcm25
    Move on. Apply again after 180 days. Often times, whenever candidate show that reaction, candidate failed to see far enough and think that they covered everything, but in reality, they might have missed important cases or did poor job elaborating strategies that they will be using to solve the problem and so on.
    Dec 1, 2021 0
  • Spotify / Other
    djsornfo34

    Go to company page Spotify Other

    djsornfo34
    I just finished interviewing and had around 15 phone screens.

    For me Uber passed me even though it was by far my worst performance.

    FB failed me even though it was like my 5th best (had literally seen the questions recently).

    Got 3 overall phone screen fails, it is what it is.
    Dec 1, 2021 4
    • Spotify / Other
      djsornfo34

      Go to company page Spotify Other

      djsornfo34
      I did really well on the first part and then on the follow up I couldn't code the same problem just all permutations.

      It's likely the interviewer only meant to ask the first part and had to fill the remaining time.
      Dec 1, 2021
    • Spotify / Other
      djsornfo34

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      djsornfo34
      But the best part was that my HM interview after the passed phone screen was also my worst. They still passed me to onsite.

      I cancelled because I got a remote offer... Shrug.
      Dec 1, 2021
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    bJpu42

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    bJpu42
    What do you guys mean by phone screen? You mean over a video conferencing tool?
    Dec 1, 2021 1