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Uber Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Uber job interview, here are 35 interview questions and answer examples.

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Question 6 of 35

Tell me about a time when you failed on the job. How did you overcome the failure and what did you learn from that situation that you can bring to Uber?

"I failed to meet an important deadline in my first job out of college because I didn't have experience in prioritizing a large workload properly. I kept letting other menial tasks get in the way rather than focusing on finishing the project. That missed opportunity helped me learn how to manage my time wisely by setting reasonable goals and reminders on my calendar. This technique still helps me to this day in managing my time more effectively."

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How to Answer: Tell me about a time when you failed on the job. How did you overcome the failure and what did you learn from that situation that you can bring to Uber?

Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Uber job interview.

  • 6. Tell me about a time when you failed on the job. How did you overcome the failure and what did you learn from that situation that you can bring to Uber?

      How to Answer

      Uber prides itself on making bold bets, where the organization knows that sometimes people fail and that failure makes them smarter. They are firm believers that after a failure, they get back up and make the next big bet. Knowing this heading into your interview, your interviewer ideally wants to hear about a time that you took a risk in your job and fell flat on your face. While they'll be interested to hear about the failure itself, they'll mainly be looking to hear how you picked yourself up, learned from the situation, and moved forward to success from there. Make sure that the example you discuss clearly demonstrates all of these things.

      Written by Ryan Brunner on October 25th, 2021

      1st Answer Example

      "I failed to meet an important deadline in my first job out of college because I didn't have experience in prioritizing a large workload properly. I kept letting other menial tasks get in the way rather than focusing on finishing the project. That missed opportunity helped me learn how to manage my time wisely by setting reasonable goals and reminders on my calendar. This technique still helps me to this day in managing my time more effectively."

      Written by Ryan Brunner on October 25th, 2021

      2nd Answer Example

      "Two years ago, I was very ambitious in promising a completed project for a customer within a deadline of just three weeks. After being into the project for just one week, I knew that the promise I had made just wasn't doable. I directly contacted the customer and they were not pleased because they had set processes in motion based on the delivery date I had communicated. After talking with my team prior to that call, I knew that we could get them the final project in four weeks from that day. I greatly apologized to the customer and took full accountability for the failed deadline. They were thankful that we were able to project that two weeks prior to the deadline and they did what was necessary to reset for four weeks down the road. From that situation, I learned the importance of ensuring that my entire project team was onboard with a deadline for a project prior to communicating to any internal or external customers."

      Written by Ryan Brunner on October 25th, 2021

      Anonymous Interview Answers with Professional Feedback

      Anonymous Answer

      "In my current job, I manage an index that needs certain operations daily. These are very repetitive and tedious. So, I decided to make myself a tool within Excel VBA to automate the tasks and save some time every day. However, one day a special thing that does not occur very often happened. Of course, my tool was not prepared for that and the wrong value was published. We call that an incident. I realized I had overlooked the special situation and I found its description in the index's documentation. Ever since I have been a lot more careful when programming a new tool. I review all documentation carefully and make sure all scenarios are accounted for before implementing."

      Marcie's Feedback

      The interviewer will be pleased that you thought of a quicker, automated way to accomplish the tedious task. It sounds like you learned a valuable lesson about making sure any tool or process you create anticipates even unusual circumstances. How will this lesson benefit you at Uber in particular?

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