I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Lyft (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2018
Interview
It helps to know someone in the company to fast track you to a recruiter and interview. After the phone screen about the role/potential fit, they send you a dataset to analyze in a 24 hour window. If they like your submission, they ask you to come in for a presentation of your work, in which they grill you on the assumptions you made in your analysis.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you make the conclusion that this data was valid for your intended analysis>?
Tackling a case involving a significant drop in monthly active riders kicked off the technical round, which felt quite intense. Then there was a probability question about commuter ride behavior, followed by an experiment design challenge focusing on marketplace balance. The behavioral portion was equally rigorous. Overall, it took about five weeks. Funny enough, I had spent the previous weekend pouring through the case-study section on PracHub, and it really helped me feel prepared. In the end, the process was tough but rewarding, and I’m glad to say I accepted the offer.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Investigate a 7% monthly active riders drop and a 20% wait-time increase
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Lyft
Interview
The first round is good, but the second round they asked me something about conditional probability, and ask you to solve a real problem within some time. It made me feel nervous, with two people staring at you
I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2026
Interview
They scheduled an screening interview and then scheduled for a technical data science interview mostly on experimentation and stats + prob. They sent a blog about the interview which is basically about how to answer their questions.