I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2018
Interview
Was contacted by the recruiter and was scheduled a phone screen, after a call with the hiring manager and a technical phone screen didn’t hear from them for a few weeks and was contacted by the recruiter and was told that the phone screen went well and the team wanted to bring me over for an onsite interview and was handed over to another recruiter who had blindfoldedly scheduled another phone screen. The second phone screen consisted of jumping straight into coding, covered three coding questions and left no time for any questions regarding the job, team or Lyft in general. Never heard back from the recruiter again. Sending a standard template mail and not ghosting on candidates is the least that one could expect from any organization? The way any organization treats the candidates who interview with them unsuccessfully states a lot about their internal culture and the way the organization is run.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an N digit number, find all possible numbers that can be composed from it without reusing a digit. For example: 123 -> (1, 2,3, 12, 13, 21, 23, 31, 32, 123, 132, 213, 231, 312, 321)
Jumping into the technical phone screen, I was pleasantly surprised when the interviewer asked me to design a driver-rider matching service, something I had just practiced in-depth on PracHub. The prep I did really paid off, as I navigated the complexities of indexing live driver locations and addressing high write rates with confidence. The full virtual onsite included two coding rounds and a system design question, along with behavioral interviews. While I appreciated the opportunity, I ultimately declined the offer for different reasons unrelated to the team. The overall experience was intense but rewarding.
I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft (Ciudad de Mexico) in May 2026
Interview
Solo llegue al challenge que es leet code hard de los mas comunes es una ventana de desplazamiento esta protectorado con un humano.
El screening es bastante especifico y se hace con recruiter validan ingles y que des ejemplos de proyectos de sistemas distribuidos en tu haber.
El problema con los leetcode es que dejan de lado a los candidatos neurodivergentes que piensan en profundidad.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in May 2026
Interview
the process is pretty straightforward. first recruiter screen, tech screen, and then onsite (system design, behavioral, and laptop). you may or may not meet the manager of the team you are interviewing for during the onsite behavioral. the laptop round is basically OOD.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tech screen is leetcode specific, system design is OOD related, and behavioral has bunch of questions instead of talking about one specific projects.
