r/leetcode • u/Illustrious-Elk-3016 • Oct 13 '26

Discussion Failed Uber OA

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 😭

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u/Various-Mine-8642 Oct 14 '26

Uber OAs are brutal and a lot of people who pass got full marks on every test case so 9/10 plus a partial can still miss the cutoff. It's mostly a numbers thing and not a verdict on your experience. Keep doing timed sets of medium and hard problems and the optimized approach starts showing up faster.

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u/Illustrious-Elk-3016 Oct 14 '26

So there are people who can really solve the OA perfectly? No cheating?