Uber Operations Logistics Manager interview questions

The whole interview process was rather badly organized and unprofessional. The initial call was delayed and I as an interviewee had to contact them proactively to move forward the application several times. 1st call: general questions about background and why Uber + some brainteasers (how would you launch Uber in your city, what obstacles do you see in your city etc.) 2nd test: the same Excel test as mentioned below. Pretty easy if you have analytical background and you know excel. What happened after that is pretty unprofessional. Even though I felt that my test result should be positive (I have done similar tests before and always passed - with MBB consulting firms for instance), I didn't get any response. I have been waiting for weeks, wrote email to the HR manager and finally 3 weeks after the test I received a general email that I won't be processed to the next round. No explanation, no apologies for the delay in response. If you know these HR softwares at startups, you know that they just have to click on a button and they send a generic email to everyone in that bucket. I received such an email. I understand that you are busy, but you could at least write 1 line of personal explanation if I also take the time to prepare for your interviews.

Several steps to the interview process: 1. Initial screening with recruiter at corporate headquarters in San Francisco. This was very difficult to schedule as the recruiter missed our phone call appointment twice and didn't respond to emails so from initial contact to the actual interview was probably 1 1/2 months. Once we linked up, the interview went extremely well. It was 15-20 minutes and was mostly traditional interview questions to determine that I was knowledgeable and motivated about the business: a. Why UBER? b. How would you expand UBER to a new city? c. Why type of analyst experience do you have? 2. Online test. I found this more difficult than many of the reviews here led me to believe. It's NOT just a question of being able to use pivot tables in excel. I had to use many other formulas, on the fly calculations (have pencil and paper ready), graphs in excel, as well as value judgements as to what particular incentive programs would properly motivate drivers. At the very end there are a couple of letters that you need to draft so be speedy with all the quantitative analysis questions or you'll run out of time before you can get to the writing. I was unsuccessful in passing the online test, which is probably a good thing as the focus on quantitative analysis in it led me to believe that this role is more for number crunchers and less for leaders/motivators. If your used to dealing with large quantities of data and can spit out answers in a hurry, you'll find this interview step easy.