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Software Engineer Interview Questions
Practice 9403 coding, system design and machine learning questions from 546 companies, sorted by role, topic and interview round. Every question has step-by-step hints, a code runner that supports 8 languages and an AI mentor; members also get the full solution walkthrough.
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- UberMediumSoftware EngineerFind the Cheapest Valid Round Trip
Find the cheapest round-trip flight pair satisfying a minimum stay duration constraint in linear time with deterministic tie-breaking.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteArraysSuffix MinimumTwo Pointers - UberMediumSoftware EngineerFind the First Unique Log
This problem tests your ability to efficiently process a stream or list of logs to identify the first log entry that appears exactly once, emphasizing the use of hash maps and ordered tracking.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteHash MapArraysData Streams - UberMediumSoftware EngineerFind the K Closest Points to a Query Location
This problem tests the ability to efficiently find the k nearest neighbors using a priority queue (max-heap) and custom sorting logic for tie-breaking.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteHeapGeometrySorting - UberMediumSoftware EngineerGroup Anagrams
This problem tests your ability to identify and implement an efficient grouping mechanism using hash maps to categorize strings by a common canonical form.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteHash TableStringSorting - UberMediumSoftware EngineerGroup strings that are anagrams
This problem tests your ability to efficiently group strings by their character composition using hash maps or sorting techniques.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenHash MapStringSorting - UberMediumSoftware EngineerHandle invalid Lisp expression parsing
This question evaluates the ability to parse and evaluate nested Lisp-like expressions, manage variable bindings and scope resolution, and detect malformed input and syntax errors.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement 2D word search variants and analyze complexity
This question evaluates proficiency in grid-based string search, traversal techniques (fixed-direction scanning versus flexible-path exploration), algorithm design including backtracking/DFS, and the ability to analyze time and space complexity while accounting for redundancy and edge cases.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement Cache Eviction And Seat Assignment
This problem tests your ability to combine a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache mechanism with a greedy strategy for geometric optimization in seat assignments.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteHash MapDoubly Linked ListGreedy - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement Last-Click Attribution APIs
This problem tests your ability to process streams of events to perform stateful attribution, requiring efficient data structures to track user sessions and match conversions to the most recent preceding click.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenData StructuresAlgorithmsState Management - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement Minesweeper and Word Search
This problem tests your ability to manipulate 2D grids using BFS/DFS for board traversal and randomized state generation.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteGridBacktrackingDFS - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement Store Autocomplete
This problem tests proficiency with prefix-based data structures and efficient string retrieval, specifically requiring a design that optimizes for frequent search operations over a static list of store names.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenTrieString ManipulationData Structures - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement binary search from scratch
An Uber software engineer onsite coding question asking you to implement binary search on a sorted integer array from scratch, in both iterative and recursive form. It covers plain search, first/last occurrence with duplicates, the insertion-index variant, overflow-safe midpoint computation, loop invariants and correctness, and time/space complexity analysis.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement rate limiter, top-K, scheduler algorithms
This question evaluates proficiency in concurrent programming and thread-safe design, core algorithm implementation (binary search and top-K logic), data structure usage (including doubly-linked-list techniques), and scheduling and ranking reasoning for meeting and resource allocation.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - UberHardSoftware EngineerImplement three interview-style coding tasks
This set of tasks evaluates algorithm and data-structure design skills within the Coding & Algorithms domain, focusing on array windowing and range constraints, dynamic connectivity with component-size maintenance, and time-windowed streaming counters with per-user rate limiting.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - UberMediumSoftware EngineerImplement uniform sampling in squares
Implement uniform sampling in squares evaluates algorithm design, data structures, correctness, complexity, edge cases, and implementation details in a realistic interview setting. A strong answer states assumptions, handles edge cases, explains trade-offs, and shows how to validate the result clearly.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - UberMediumSoftware EngineerKth Employee Reached in an Ordered Hierarchy
This problem tests tree traversal techniques, specifically finding the k-th node in an in-order traversal of a binary search tree while handling dynamic updates or specific subtree constraints.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentTreesBinary Search TreeTraversal - UberMediumSoftware EngineerLast Truck to Leave a One-Dimensional Lane
Determine the time and ID of the last truck to exit a one-dimensional lane where trucks travel at constant speed and reverse directions upon colliding.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentArraysSortingBrainteaser - UberHardSoftware EngineerMaintain the First Value That Appears Exactly Once
Practice a Uber coding interview problem focused on maintain the first value that appears exactly once. The prompt emphasizes edge cases, clean implementation, and verifiable test behavior without revealing the solution.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - UberHardSoftware EngineerMaximize Minimum Scaled Value
This problem tests your ability to use binary search on the answer space to solve a constrained resource allocation problem effectively.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentBinary SearchGreedyOptimization - UberMediumSoftware EngineerMaximize Throughput and Count Trigger Components
This problem tests your ability to optimize resource allocation using a greedy strategy and to identify connected components in a grid-based graph using traversal techniques.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenGreedyGraphsBFS/DFS - UberHardSoftware EngineerMaximize stock profit with one or two trades
This question evaluates algorithmic problem-solving skills in array processing and transaction-constrained optimization, exercising greedy and dynamic programming concepts within the Coding & Algorithms domain.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - UberMediumSoftware EngineerMaximize the Eligible Carpool Group
This problem tests your ability to use a sweep-line algorithm or difference array to find the optimal point to maximize the number of overlapping intervals, subject to specific constraints.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteArraySweep-linePrefix Sum - UberHardSoftware EngineerMaximum Score with Prime Jumps
This problem tests dynamic programming and number theory, specifically the ability to combine linear path traversal with jump-based transitions constrained by prime number properties.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentDynamic ProgrammingPrime NumbersGraph Traversal - UberMediumSoftware EngineerMinimum Delivery Cost Between Cities
This problem tests your ability to optimize pathfinding costs in a graph where edge weights are determined by a combination of absolute differences and conditional local minimums.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentGraphsShortest PathGreedy - UberMediumSoftware EngineerParse and evaluate nested expressions with validation
This question evaluates a developer's ability to design and implement a robust parser and evaluator for a parenthesized expression language, testing parsing, lexical scoping and variable binding, operator semantics, error detection, and safe integer arithmetic.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment - UberMediumSoftware EngineerPrint directory tree with indentation
This question evaluates proficiency with representing and traversing hierarchical directory trees and producing depth-based formatted output, testing concepts such as tree traversal, recursion or iterative depth tracking, and string formatting for indentation.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - UberMediumSoftware EngineerProduce a valid deployment order
This question evaluates proficiency in graph algorithms and dependency resolution, including concepts such as topological ordering, cycle detection, and complexity analysis, plus systems-level reasoning about service deployment dependencies.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - UberMediumSoftware EngineerQuadtree for 2D Geospatial Points
This problem tests the implementation of a spatial indexing structure by requiring the construction of a Point Quadtree that recursively divides 2D space into four quadrants.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteTreesGeometryRecursion - UberMediumSoftware EngineerReconstruct the Alphabet Order of an Alien Language
This question tests the ability to model partial ordering constraints using a directed graph and perform a topological sort to deduce a valid sequence.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteGraphsTopological SortDFS - UberMediumSoftware EngineerReturn a Package Build Order
This question evaluates a candidate's skills in dependency resolution, graph traversal and cycle detection while reasoning about an externally discovered dependency subgraph and ordering constraints.
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