I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Uber in Apr 2014
Interview
I was called up and selected for an interview for the Logistics/Operations Manager role. I work on Wall St right now so I make about $90K base plus bonus. During the phone interview, I was told that I would have to take a reduction in the salary, but I'm compensated by equity/stock options. I spoke to another current Uber employee, who indicated that the salary is closer to $70K, but that his stock options will likely be worth $500K (I think this was an exaggeration) when Uber is worldwide and fully implemented (probably 10 years from now). When you think about it from a financial perspective, it really is not worth it for Wall St bankers/traders. Uber requires you to work 13-16 hours a day, including weekends, and wants to pay you a $70K base with stock options that will likely get extremely diluted (just look at how many job postings they have, that class of shares will continue to get diluted as they hire more people). Anyways, at my current position in 5 years I will likely be making $180K plus bonus and working 10-14 hours a day, and in 10 years it should be $300k plus bonus - so this did not really make sense for me.
I want to point out that it seems that Uber may be data farming through the hiring process. The questions they ask are mostly around what you would do different at Uber, and what your ideas are for the company's growth. I think that many of these job postings may just be methods of data farming to obtain new ideas for the company, instead of the company actually looking to fill the spot. Just a thought, unlikely but still possible - if this is the case, then it is a brilliant way to get new ideas without actually paying you for it.
That is pretty much why I withdrew from the interview process and did not want to proceed to the final round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whether I would be okay taking a salary reduction but working more hours...
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Uber
Interview
Went through three rounds. (1) Short phone screen. (2) 2-hour timed analytics test, done online. (3) Two 30-min on-site interviews, and another 1-hour timed test, also done on-site. Did not end up hearing back from after round 3.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing too difficult or out of the ordinary. Hardest part of the test was that some of the test questions are ambiguously written.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Uber
Interview
I was scheduled for a phone interview by the recruiter. The recruiter never called and sent out an email 15 minutes after the appointment stating "decided to move forward with a different candidate".
Extremely unprofessional of a company to waste candidates' time preparing for these interviews and giving no respect to their applicants.
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