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by potatolicious 4392 days ago
It really isn't. If anything it'd be Djikstra's or other optimized pathfinding algos. Even then, Uber doesn't do its own navigation, it's handled by Google/Apple/etc.

Uber, like most tech companies, is an integrator. Their need to write complex algorithms from scratch is practically nil. Looking for algo synthesis ability in a candidate is a waste.