Uber DSA Interview Questions

What Uber asks in the DSA round

Uber weights graphs, geospatial-flavoured problems and system design heavily. Expect follow-ups that push a working solution toward real production constraints.

Across the 388 questions on this page, the weight sits on these patterns:

• Dynamic Programming — 64 questions · read the dynamic programming guide
• Breadth-First Search — 45 questions · read the breadth first search (bfs) guide
• Binary Search — 30 questions · read the modified binary search guide
• Two Pointers — 22 questions · read the two pointers guide
• Design — 21 questions · read the design data structure guide
• Greedy — 20 questions · read the greedy guide
• Sliding Window — 15 questions · read the sliding window guide
• Backtracking — 11 questions · read the backtracking guide

How to prepare for the Uber interview

1. 1. Start at the top of the list above. The patterns are ordered by how often Uber uses them, so the first two or three buy you the most coverage per hour.
2. 2. Solve by pattern, not at random. Doing eight dynamic programming problems in a row is what makes the ninth recognisable in an interview — jumping between topics does not.
3. 3. Tick problems off as you go so the gaps are visible. The per-pattern counts tell you which Uber topic you have actually covered.
4. 4. Write the approach before the code. Uber interviews are judged on the reasoning as much as the working solution.
5. 5. Pair this with the pattern guides when a topic is new, and the system design sheet if the role is senior enough to have that round.
6. 6. If this is a campus or off-campus drive rather than a lateral move, the placement preparation guide covers the stages around the DSA round — aptitude, core subjects and the HR interview — in the order they actually happen.

Uber interview questions — FAQ

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