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Phone Screen on Service Dependency Cycle Detection

Interviewed: Dec 2025

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Outcome:RejectedLocked

Community feedback:00

OpenAI two rounds of Android Phone Screen

Interviewed: Dec 2025

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

Question 2

OpenAIMobile EngineerQuestions:2Outcome:RejectedLocked

Community feedback:10

OpenAI Applied Engineer Phone Screen

Interviewed: Dec 2025

OpenAI phone screen for Applied Engineering. The bar is honestly very high. The coding part went pretty well, and the interviewer seemed satisfied.

Interview Questions (Locked)

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Question 2

OpenAISoftware EngineerQuestions:2Outcome:RejectedLocked

Community feedback:00

Palantir Onsite System Design

Interviewed: Dec 2025

Interview Questions

Question 1

Design a multi-tenant data analysis platform

Question 2

Have you ever made a decision that was “politically incorrect but technically correct”?

Question 3

If the company’s direction conflicts with your personal values, what would you do?

Question 4

Have you ever refused a decision made by your manager?

PalantirSoftware EngineerQuestions:4Free

Community feedback:00

90-Minute OA: Jump Game Variant and Palindrome Paths in Tree

Interviewed: Nov 2025

This was a 90-minute Hackerrank OA with 2 questions, and the setup required video and full-screen sharing.

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

Question 2

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:2Locked

Community feedback:00

Phone Screen on Different Hats DP

Interviewed: Nov 2025

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Locked

Community feedback:00

OA: Jump Game Variant and Exploration Game Score

Interviewed: Nov 2025

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

Question 2

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:2Locked

Community feedback:00

Onsite Loop focused on Jump Game Variant

Interviewed: Nov 2025

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Locked

Community feedback:00

Phone Screen on Leftmost Column with a One

Interviewed: Nov 2025

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Outcome:RejectedLocked

Community feedback:00

Phone Screen on Parking Lot OOD

Interviewed: Nov 2025

The first half of the phone screen was behavioral, and the second half was an OOD round.

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Locked

Community feedback:00

Phone Screen on Longest Stable Subarray

Interviewed: Nov 2025

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Locked

Community feedback:00

Onsite Loop with Number of Islands I and II, Hit Counter Design, and Uber Eats Search

Interviewed: Nov 2025

My onsite included two coding rounds, one system design round, and one behavioral round.

Interview Questions (Locked)

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

UberSoftware EngineerQuestions:3Locked

Community feedback:00