Uber Interview Questions

Preetham m P. - "1. Clarify the problem Are we building a digital or physical product?- We are offering it as an application on mobile. Are we building a complete new product or as a new feature for existing airline booking apps (Goibibo/Makemytrip, etc.)? - New feature for existing booking apps. We can consider Goibibo as an example. What do you mean by improving experience?- Reduce wait times or optimize the time spent. What is the goal? Engagement or Revenue? - Engagement. Which is t"See full answer

Elisa L. - "Being a marketplace, there are two users that Uber wants to satisfy: the rider and the driver. I think the ultimate success metric is related to how well riders and drivers get matched. The ultimate goal for the rider is to get to their destination as efficiently as possible. Some concerns for the rider may be Matching with drivers Minimizing waiting time waiting to be matched and waiting for the driver to arrive Ease of pick-up and drop-off (ie. Driver coming from the opposite side of t"See full answer

Maggie S. - "I would structure my answer to this question by considering: Clarifying Questions Landscape Options for Growth Prioritization Risks & Considerations Clarifying Questions Are we talking about Uber’s ride sharing service, Uber Eats, or both? -- assume Uber rides Do we care about total users who have ever used the platform, or total users per day/time period? -- assume ever How many resources do we have to acquire resources? -- assume have a budget larger than the curre"See full answer

Hari priya K. - "Are we talking about Uber app? or generic app? if it is a Uber app, I will proceed further. Uber is a platform where a rider can book a ride from the Uber app. The rider puts their current location or location where they want to take ride from and enters destination address. The Uber app searches for appropriate driver ( based on distance and vehicle) and assigns a driver to the rider. After finishing the ride, the rider and driver were asked to rate each other and on the ride quality . This"See full answer

Vaishnavi I. - "create models -> truck, driver, trip,status. trip will have foreign key relationships with truck,driver and status. Create CRUD endpoints for all the models. Create a read by truck id endpoint that filters the data by id (can also filter the data from the previous mentioned endpoint). update trip data can also update the driver status of the truck."See full answer

Suraj - "UberPool Product built for Uber Uber is a network of drivers & riders that allow to transport riders from A to B UberPool UberPool product solves for 2-3 riders to take a trip to a destination that works for everyone. It helps with reduced cost for riders, reduced emissions, make it faster to reach destination during high traffic hours makes it harder to find a ride --> until you find users willing to go to same destination "See full answer

Katie O. - "When originally trying to launch XYZ product, a stakeholder wanted to rollout an additional requirement for agents that would have been redundant. I provided light pushback and context regarding the scale of the lift and technical resources required to initiate their request. Once I described the complexity of their request & potential strain on resources, we agreed to brainstorm alternative solutions. I collaborated with cross-functional teams to create an automated solution, leading to XYZ% in"See full answer

Prashant S. - "To improve the passenger experience at a major metropolitan airport, I would focus on streamlining the pre-arrival, arrival, and post-flight stages of their journey. Pre-arrival, we could integrate flight details into the Uber app and provide predictive ETAs to help passengers plan better. At the airport, we could partner with authorities to create dedicated drop-off and pickup zones, along with clear in-app navigation to reduce confusion. Post-flight, we could implement dynamic pickup zones, vi"See full answer

Ben G. - "Situation - A situation where I used creative / innovative thinking to eliminate frustration with a product was while I was working on Point of Sale and Polaris for Retail Design System for Shopify. Upon seeing our vision for the future of this design system, it lacked a lot of the visual polish and necessary components that would make the product much more competitive in the market - this included having a lack of an interaction model for what is tappable vs. not tappable as well as containmen"See full answer

onering2ruleall - "My leadership style is flexible and adaptive, it varies depending on the team members and the needs of the company. My leadership goal is to empower the team and inspire and grow leaders. In order to achieve that, I combine transformational, democratic and coaching leadership styles. Usually when we are facing a new type of challenge, or at the early stage of a project, I like to adapt the transformational leadership which allows me to listen to all the suggestions from the team members and sta"See full answer

Ramesh Y. - "Clarification - is it Uber that is building the feature? Answer: Yes Assuming if Uber is the one building this feature, I would start with if and how does the feature help Uber's mission and north star metrics. Uber's mission is to provide reliable transportation around the world and the primary metric that i can think on a high level is Number of rides , Number of drivers and from business revenue perspective revenue per ride, revenue per rider and driver. I picked revenue per ride because it"See full answer

Mahesh G. - "I assume I'm a Product Manager at Uber Eats and I believe we are talking about a food delivery and grocery delivery application that's part of the Uber ecosystem. Yes Before I start looking into the problem statement, I want to ask a few clarifying questions if it's fine with you. Yes Is there any specific reason that I should know why Uber Eats could look into improving the product may be reasons such as an increase in customer queries, any competitive initiatives, etc.? Nothing in spec"See full answer

Joel A. - "Clarify: User experience improvements or revenue based improvements for the company? (Assumed UX) Can it be hardware or must it be software? (assumed I have the choice) Position: My favorite product is Airbnb. It's an app that let's people list their home for short term rental and then let's guests book those homes (or rooms) to stay in. It's used primarily for vacations but people all over the world now use it for business or even longer term stays. It's idea was pretty revolutionary a"See full answer