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      Software Engineer Interview

      17 Aug 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Penn, PA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (Penn, PA) in Sept 2019

      Interview

      I went through three rounds of interviews: 1. Byteboard Coding Exercise (Part 1: 40 mins + Part 2: 70 mins) 2. Technical Phone Screen (60 mins) 3. Laptop Challenge (90 mins) Rounds #2 and #3 also had time allotted for behavioral / conversation-based questions. Overall the turnaround was pretty quick, the recruiters were very responsive, and the interviewers seemed friendly. I felt that the interview questions actually assessed practical workplace skills and weren't too difficult. I didn't actually manage to finish all the tasks for the Byteboard challenge, but I think I passed because I commented my code and organized my solution well.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      During the Byteboard challenge, they asked me to review a document discussing architecture design options for a new feature, and list the pros & cons of each design choice. After that I had to program parts of the feature. The technical phone screen focused on Leetcode-style questions. The laptop challenge focused on implementing a basic API. Can't disclose further details because I signed an NDA.
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