I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Uber in May 2026
Interview
I was interviewed by an Engineering Manager who didn't seem to understand the practices and boundaries of a TPM role. This was a negative point that hindered the flow of the interview. The conversation was heavily biased towards engineering and less effective in terms of program management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The question that caught my attention, and which, in my opinion, exposed a current problem, is how I deal with the divergent interests of stakeholders with equal or greater decision-making power. This question was followed by follow-up questions that addressed how to approach, document, and resolve such problems.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Uber (San Francisco, CA) in May 2016
Interview
Fairly standard. First came a brief phone screen to assess back-ground and fit. Next came a few phone screens with the head of PM (my boss) and another TPM. Each were fairly standard and quick. Finally, I was invited on site to interview with 6 people over a 3-hour period.
I thought the onsite went extremely well. I was prepared, confident and friendly and my skill-set and experience seemed to be a great fit. I left feeling pretty good about my chances to receive an offer.
Upon return, I waited a full week and heard nothing. So I sent the recruiter an email thanking him and asking for the status. Nothing. I waited 4 more days and still nothing so I sent another quick email. Almost 2 weeks after the interview I received a short, form email telling me thanks, but no thanks. Something about "not the right fit" was given as a reason but nothing concrete.
I asked the recruiter for some details so that I might use this experience as a learning tool. Again, no response.
Am I the only one who thinks this is BS? I mean, I poured myself into this process and worked hard to prepare and put my best-self out there. The least they can do is give me some honest, useful feedback. I don't need to be coddled, just give it to me straight. Uber is not unique in this behavior. It seems pretty standard. But it leaves me with a bad taste on the process.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Uber (Tokyo) in Nov 2019
Interview
Absolute mess of a company. Avoid at all costs.
Was approached directly by Uber's talent acquisition and offered to talk with potential colleagues. The potential colleagues all had conflicting requirements on who they are looking for, leading to a chaotic mess and one round of complete silence.
Was then approached again and told that conflicts internally had been sorted out, and was invited to go down for a final presentation. Another round of complete silence after the presentation, apparently after the panel did not believe that their system is unusable if no network connectivity can be established.
Along the way the behaviour of the recruitment team as well as other people within, points to a mindset of juveniles riding on the corporate "brand name".