I applied for Uber in late October. I was contacted by a recruiter, Tasha, about setting up a time to chat via Skype. We spoke a few days later and she asked me about why I was interested in working for Uber and a little about my background. She gave me details about the company and the culture and particular role. She was very nice and professional. She said she'd like to move me onto the creative exercise that most have mentioned in their reviews. I spent a lot of time on the creative exercise and really had fun with it. I do not think that they are just asking for free work. They have teams all over the country thinking of marketing ideas all day long - I highly doubt that anything I presented was completely revolutionary or hadn't been thought of before by at least someone there at one point. I was invited to the next round of interviews after submitting my exercise after a few weeks of waiting. I was asked to do a phone interview with a local Community Manager the same day. She was also very nice and open and I could tell she really loved her job. She loved what I did with my exercise and asked me to talk through how I visualized some of it working and how it would drive sign ups and sales. In the end, I wasn't moved forward and found out a few days after my second interview. I feel that it most likely came down to a culture clash as that is when I felt the shift in the conversation. The ideas and implementation discussion I felt went well, but when we talked about culture that is when we came upon some awkwardness. When I spoke to the recruiter I was told to expect a 50 - 60 hour work week with some weekend work. A tight knit group and hard working atmosphere. I was totally on board and excited. I am in night school and she asked me about that. When I explained my class schedule, meeting twice a week in the evening in one month spurts, she did not seemed concerned about it conflicting with this position. However, when I spoke to the specific city I'd be working for and their culture, she quoted me a work week of 8AM - 1AM M-F and then both all day Saturday and Sunday, most weekend nights, and all major holidays and that I would be on constantly 24/7. I was also told that when and if they get free time, they spend it with each other. This also, is totally fine for them and I'm happy that they are super tight and really really love what they do, but not what I was looking for in my lifestyle. When I asked her to dig into that a little bit - like how they combat burn out - she said that you just have to really love it. As I highly value quality time with my husband, friends and find it necessary for my own health and well being to have a variety of activities, like my classes and teaching dance once a week in the evening, I think we both knew I would have been miserable in that position having to give all of that up. However, I highly recommend applying for Uber. It sounded awesome and great for someone who is most likely at a different life stage than I am. They are a great company, everyone was super nice, honest, and the interview was friendly.