I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2016
Interview
Applied online and heard back from recruiter. Had initial technical phone screen and then onsite interview. Onsite interview consisted of live coding challenge and 3 in-person interviews. Interviews focused heavily on distributed systems fundamentals and coding skills. Talking to the team and working on challenges was fun. Solved all the questions well before the time limit and had plenty of time remaining to ask around company culture and work environment etc. Heard back after few days from recruiter that i wasn't a good fit. Didn't really understand what went wrong and recruiter had no further information about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard distributed systems like stuff - Design Lyft, URL shortner, Auto completion
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.
