Bar Raiser: Architecture, Influence, and Values

Requirements

• Walk through a complex system architecture you worked on previously, covering the key technical decisions and trade-offs that were yours to make.
• Tell how you managed a technical dispute within your team and how you pushed for the adoption of technical standards.
• Provide a specific instance that shows customer focus or ownership, aligned with Uber’s values.
• Anticipate follow-up questions that distinguish your personal decisions and impact from the team’s overall work.

Preparation

• Have one architecture story ready that includes clear constraints, alternatives you dismissed, the criteria for your decision, and a measurable result.
• Prepare one influence story demonstrating how you settled a disagreement without leaning solely on authority.
• Map two brief STAR-format stories to customer focus and ownership, containing sufficient technical depth for a senior interviewer to dig into.