Lyft·Software Engineer

Lyft Software Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Nov 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with an online application that led to a backend-oriented OA.

It wasn’t the typical LeetCode-heavy vibe I expected. It felt very practical, and I remember thinking they seemed to tailor questions based on what functionality I applied for, since I chose backend and the prompts didn’t look like classic coding exercises.

From there, the process shifted into multiple live coding challenges. I had an initial round that involved a longer online assessment followed by more DSA-style coding with a software engineer, and then later an expertise coding challenge focused on frontend or backend. At the end, I was really surprised by how unrealistic the final

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