Lyft·Software Engineer

Lyft Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Aug 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process was laid out in clear stages, and it started with an intro call with a recruiter about the overall flow.

After that, I went straight into live coding—about an hour—where I solved a problem and talked through my thinking as I went. The live coding stage was a gate; if I failed it, I wouldn’t move forward, so it was nerve-racking.

If I passed, the next chunk became heavier and more time-consuming. I had laptop-based coding for roughly 90 minutes, then a CS fundamentals interview for about an hour, and later a system design interview for about the same length. The system design portion felt like a separate spotlight compared to the coding, and I was expected to articulate a structured approach

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