Lyft Interview Questions

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I had a phone call with the hiring manager followed by a take home case study. After a few days I was invited to come onsite and prepare a second case study and presentation. I learned of the results in the same week. Everyone was very courteous - excellent culture. People are genuine, caring and laid-back but at the same time professional and get things done.

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I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft.

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Pretty Professional and smooth interview process.
Had a initial recruiter phone call and after that was scheduled to speak to one of the Senior engineers over on their team.
The interview was difficult. There were 2 questions asked in the interview on coderpad.
1.) A small android challenge. Some basic questions about Android and then a deep-dive into a specific topic. Over here looks like the interviewer was looking for a specific answer and i was finding it hard to gauge what he was exactly looking for, in the end he gave me the hint and then i answered.
2.) Coding question. This was a difficult problem to solve. Think about leetcode hard. And he was very specific about what he wanted.
The question was to implement a LRU cache but for the backing data structure only an ArrayList can be used. It is solvable if there is another data structure like a hashmap which you can use or obviously a queue(which kinda beats the point) but a single arraylist was tricky to implement in 25-30 mins and that too a working solution which passes the test cases the interviewer had got with him.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft.

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It was a pretty straight forward process. There's a screening call with HR and another with the team lead. Then one-on-one in person interviews with the entire communications team (NY + SF).

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Application

I applied online. The process took a week. I interviewed at Lyft (Nashville, TN) in April 2018.

Interview

Great interview process! Different from what I’ve done before but very personable and a good eye opener to what the company is. The interview process is very simple but provides a lot of information.

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I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft (Nashville, TN) in April 2018.

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I met with several team members over approximately 75 minutes. The vision and mission statement of the company were explained to me. I also talked with various team members concerning the following: why I wanted to work for Lyft, what I thought I could bring to the company, what my talents were, etc. I also received a "mock call" from a Lyft driver dealing with a distressful situation, and took steps to rectify the situation as quickly and efficiently as possible.

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Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in April 2018.

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Phone call after initial recruiter screening, no questions about relevant technology, didn't seem interested in background. Typical coderpad only interview after specifically telling them I had no interest in silly coderpad questions

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in April 2018.

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Applied through referral. Did recruiter call. Did technical phone call. Received take-home.

I understood the problem clearly and a very thorough job with take-home.

Was not moved to final stage. No feedback.

Recommendation to Lyft: If an applicant demonstrates serious engagement with your takehome assignment -- for example, evidenced through their thoroughness of their submitted materials -- provide a reasonable amount of feedback to the candidate even if you decide to decline them. This is arguably a reasonable thing to do given you ask candidates to spend ~11-20 hours on the takehome assignment, and given the Lyft's PR image is that it's a company that 'does the right thing' and is kind (the PR perception is that Lyft treats its drivers better than Uber).

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Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (Palo Alto, CA) in April 2018.

Interview

Quick process, thorough, mostly friendly people. However, one person I interviewed with came across as arrogant and rude. She kept asking me why I made so many moves in my past. The rest were respectful and asked great questions. I was impressed with how quickly they were able to arrange my 3 phone interviews and onsite interviews.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Lyft (Nashville, TN) in April 2018.

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It was on time, and very well organized, and the interviewers were extremely friendly and made me feel relaxed. We first sat in a room where they talked about the company and the mission and core values then we were split up into our own separate rooms and spoke to numerous people. There were like 3 different rounds. 1st round was typical interview questions, 2nd round was phone scenario, 3rd round was ran lead.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Lyft (Nashville, TN) in April 2018.

Interview

The interview process was professional, friendly and clear. It started on time and was very efficient. The questions asked were relevant. I the interview team put me at ease. The interviewers were courteous and respectful and seemed genuinely happy to be working there.

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