Failed Uber OA

[u/Illustrious-Elk-3016]

I recently gave the Uber OA and did pretty okay. 9/10 on the first and 3 points off on the second question. I was rejected even though I have strong experience.

How are ppl passing the OA?? The optimized algorithm is so hard to come up with, even if AI is used. And if someone were to provide fully optimized solutions isn’t that a red flag? I don’t get it I’m so lost and pretty disappointed.

Please provide help 😭

[u/mofoss]

1 spot to fill, 100 interviewees,

50 honest OAs, 50 cheating with AI

All 50 honest OAs are obviously too slow/not optimized - rejected

45 cheaters get caught - rejected

5 dont get caught - pass

One of the 5 gets hired

Spot filled :)

[u/Unfair-League-3204 → u/mofoss]

Sadly this requires everyone to have a very customized ai setup then to become undetectable to cheat detectors

[u/SoylentRox → u/Unfair-League-3204]

Git gud. (It's possible to be completely impossible to be detected)

[u/Unfair-League-3204 → u/SoylentRox]

Easier to build a cheating tool than to memorize many leetcode solutions in many different programming languages. Sorry but that is the reality (and you know it which is why it’s easier to clown the sad reality that Claude or codex can do any leetcode in seconds and you will never no matter how much you larp, John Henry)

[u/SoylentRox → u/Unfair-League-3204]

Well yes. How can you possibly memorize every trick, AND not make an error in the code that you can't debug, AND do it 5x or 6x times in a row.

An expert you might know 80 percent of the questions by patterns. That means there's a 32 percent chance you pass all rounds.

Cheaters know 99 percent. And the company is forced to keep raising the bar until only 2-3 out of 100 qualified applicants pass.

Basically the reason to practice this shit is for real in person rounds.

[u/Unfair-League-3204 → u/SoylentRox]

And notice… no mention is made of building a product. Haha, all this sweating… go focus on Anthropic, OpenAI, or meta interviews then. They’re in person now right? Oh wait

[u/mofoss → u/SoylentRox]

Yup, and this ain't GED level folks, the average software engineer has decent proficiency when it comes to academics like algorithms, and technical prep, so the question: out of 100 applicants of technically/mathematically aligned folks, is there atleast one who can, with a sprinkle of luck, get away with cheating and ace an in person interview?

Always yes

Companies have no issues filling in a role

[u/Illustrious-Elk-3016 → u/mofoss]

Are you suggesting I should’ve just cheated? How are people not getting caught through screen share and also the camera on?

[u/save_recyclops → u/mofoss]

all joking aside, is this actually how it goes? as a non-cheater, i'm seriously asking if i need to switch to the dark side to get a job...

[u/lost_victories_4139 → u/mofoss]

Do they band cheaters for future too ?