Economist applicants have rated the interview process at Uber with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Uber as a Economist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Background check: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Uber in Jan 2021
Interview
1. Phone screen with recruiter that checked basic qualifications
2. Call with hiring manager that covered basic introductions
3. Technical project (this part is the largest factor in downgrading my review from good to bad because the project amounted to free consulting)
4. Series of interviews with different team leads
In terms of process and general experience, the people were very friendly and there was relatively fast follow-up of decisions to move forward, but the recruiters and process were disorganized. I was asked for the data to my technical project five minutes before my final interview and weeks after I had originally presented. They bounced me around from recruiter to recruiter and their internal data kept getting deleted. The description of the role also changed multiple times throughout the interview. In terms of content of the interview, they asked for a technical project that was virtually free consulting for them, especially since they now have my code instead of just the presentation of results. A fictitious problem set would be one thing, but this was actual work that they could use in production because the results were directly applicable and actionable in context.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A mix of behavioral and technical. Behavioral example: "Tell me about a time when you had to work with a difficult stakeholder." Technical example: Write R code to perform time series cross validation without using a package.
First round. A zoom interview with another Uber Economist. Interviewer first introduced himself and I talked about myself too. We happened to work in similar field so take a word or two about research. Had a case question asking how to estimate impact of adding more shops on Uber eats. Then moved on to a simple coding interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asking how to estimate impact of adding more shops on Uber eats.
The main part of the interview consisted of case studies. One case study was asking about two-part pricing in Uber eats (fixed delivery fee+percentage) and the other on incentives to drivers.