Lyft·Software Engineer

Lyft Software Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process took about two weeks overall.

After applying online, I started with a 30-minute phone screen, and then scheduling led to a technical interview the following week.

The coding challenge wasn’t a classic LeetCode problem. Instead, I got a prompt and had about 30 minutes to solve it using CodePen. It felt more like taking what they gave me and executing quickly under constraints.

I didn’t end up moving forward past that stage, but the experience was direct—no surprising detours, just the screen and then the coding on the web tool.

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