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Solved the Dependency Graph Problem, Still Rejected for Not Flagging Edge Cases

UberSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Jan 2026

I finished the problem and ran a few test cases I wrote myself. A week later I got a "moving forward with other candidates" rejection. I had AI polish up the problem statement a bit: Package Build Order (dependency build order) Problem description (abstract version): The interviewer gave me an interface: — it returns the direct dependencies of a given package. Requirements: given a target package…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jan 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.