Lyft interview notes, page 6 of 10

“I spent the first minute or so just trying to figure out what 'default pick-up location' even means in practice, like is it GPS-based, is it learned from history, does it factor in building entrances.” 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 looked like a single question but it was really five questions jammed together.” The rest of the author's notes on AI 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.

“The sliding window part I was fine with, two pointers, frequency maps, shrink from the left when valid.” 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.

“The question sounds like a policy call but it's really a metrics and tradeoffs problem underneath.” 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 one is deceptively wide open and I kind of froze trying to figure out where to even start.” 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 was the core of the whole thing.” 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.

“I jumped straight into solutions and had to backtrack when they asked me to slow down and define the problem better first.” 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.

“The schema part is what trips people up.” 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.

“I started with clarifying questions about the timeframe and whether it was across all markets or localized, which felt right.” 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.

“My instinct was to jump straight into segmentation by metro and cohort, but I caught myself and backed up to data validation first.” 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.