Lyft interview notes, page 5 of 10

“This one tripped me up a little because my first instinct was to pick a story where I looked like the hero, and I think that came across as too polished.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Lyft, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is a lot to hold in your head at once.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Lyft, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question is sneakily long.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Lyft, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was basically a full system design interview wrapped around a RAG use case.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Lyft, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with metric definition which was the right call, but I spent too long there and kind of rambled.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Lyft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Makes sense they'd ask this at Lyft given the rides rewards angle.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Lyft, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight into feature ideas and kind of skipped the whole 'who exactly is this college student' part.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Lyft, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question ate the whole session.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Lyft, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is not a 'write a function from scratch' situation.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Lyft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawls in every direction if you let it.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Lyft, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.