Uptake Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Uptake.
Uptake
Software Engineer
Intern Average Positive experience Decline offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
I applied online and then had a 30-minute call with a senior engineer. They asked about my background and what I was interested in, and told me about the job. After that, I got a Codility take-home test with 3 coding problems that were medium difficulty and I had 12 hours to do them. It took me all night. Then I had two Zoom interviews back-to-back: a technical one and a behavioral one. The first interview was an hour long and all coding, like LeetCode medium-hard. The behavioral interview was super short because the interviewer saw I had 4 years of experience already, so they just asked a couple of culture questions. I got the offer pretty quickly, within a week.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Find the path from root to a leaf in a binary tree that has the most distinct values.
- What is the minimum number of horizontal brush strokes required to paint a skyline?
- Determine if a given word can be found within a grid of letters.
Uptake
Software Engineer
Mid Easy Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding System Design Behavioral
The interview process was pretty standard: there was a screen, a coding challenge, a brief chat about my answers, and then an onsite interview. The onsite involved system design, a coding challenge, discussing past experience, and a culture fit discussion. It's a shame that even after I traveled all the way for the onsite, they couldn't be bothered to reply with their decision or any feedback. Other reviews seem to confirm this; it appears they're rejecting applicants to keep their offer rate low.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Could you solve the FizzBuzz problem?
- Can you explain recursion?
Uptake
Software Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Take home Technical screen Onsite Panel
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
There were a few phone interviews and then a timed coding challenge. After that, there was an in-person technical and personality interview. I think reading 'Grokking Algorithms' by Aditya Bhargava would be helpful for the in-person technical part. Honestly, the number of steps in the interview process seems excessive.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Questions about linked lists and some general architecture.
- General architectural questions.
Uptake Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Uptake interview reports.
“Find the path from root to a leaf in a binary tree that has the most distinct values.”
Read reports →“Write a method in java or javascript to traverse this tree and add up numbers.”
Read reports →“What is the minimum number of horizontal brush strokes required to paint a skyline?”
Read reports →“Create a REST api for modeling family relationships.”
Read reports →“Could you reverse a string?”
Read report →“How does a hashmap work? (I understand its function but not the deep implementation; I know how it's used).”
Read report →“Design a system for sensor data input and a website for health overview.”
Read report →“Write a basic spring boot rest api, they literally asked you to do the spring boot tutorial nothing more.”
Read report →“Tell me how you would determine if a number is a palindrome.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 21 Uptake interview reports.