I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2018
Interview
Recruiter phone screen, Call with the hiring manager, all-day on-site
The on-site was awful:
I've interviewed around the Bay area a little bit and my on-site was the most unpleasant experience of any:
1) They put me B2B over lunchtime with no lunch - the only food they gave me was a stoppleman waffle. I thought I was going to pass out by the time the interviews were over
2) Nobody ever told me what they did
3) We always heavily over-time before they opened it up for questions (I literally got to ask 1 during the entire day)
4) There was definitely a degree of snottiness with every interview; nobody really seemed that friendly - including the people at the front desk
5) No office tour
Even if I was offered the role, I would have turned it down purely because of the overall interview experience. I was on the fence about leaving my current company, but after seeing Lyft first-hand, I definitely have a better appreciation for what I have.
There were a mix of case and behavioral questions and HR would walk you through every step.
Cases were fairly standard. There were 3 rounds in total - 1 with HM, then case, then behavioral.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (New York, NY)
Interview
Very deep on analytics and statistical methods, this was for a role in their analytics/data group. It seemed like they were really looking for one specific answer vs. allowing other ways to get there, but maybe that's how it goes, idk. Didn't get a lot of feedback afterwards, which disappointed me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you measure the effectiveness of a new intervention on the app given observations of mode choice at a bikeshare dock?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Super friendly team. Fairly efficient process. Pretty standard loop, first with recruiter, then hiring manager, then a loop with members of the team - an execution case, an analytical case, then 2 behavioral interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are a PM at Lyft, how would you design a product for college students.