Lyft Interview Guide

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A question's ranking corresponds to how commonly it's asked by Lyft. The higher the ranking, the more likely you'll encounter it in a Lyft interview.

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Rotting Oranges

You are given a grid of oranges, some fresh, some rotten. Rotten oranges contaminate adjacent fresh oranges; find the minimum time until all oranges are rotten.

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Very likely

If you have a Lyft interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Medium

#1. Rotting Oranges

Medium

You are given a grid of oranges, some fresh, some rotten. Rotten oranges contaminate adjacent fresh oranges; find the minimum time until all oranges are rotten.

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This question is very likely to be asked in your Lyft interview

Time Based Key-Value Store

Design a key-value store that supports storing values associated with timestamps. You should be able to retrieve the value for a given key at the latest timestamp less than or equal to a given time.

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Very likely

If you have a Lyft interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Medium

#2. Time Based Key-Value Store

Medium

Design a key-value store that supports storing values associated with timestamps. You should be able to retrieve the value for a given key at the latest timestamp less than or equal to a given time.

ArraysBinary Search

This question is very likely to be asked in your Lyft interview

Read N Characters Given read4 II - Call Multiple Times

Implement a function to read characters from a file using a provided read4 API, but the read function can be called multiple times, so you need to handle internal buffering.

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Very likely

If you have a Lyft interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Hard

#3. Read N Characters Given read4 II - Call Multiple Times

Hard

Implement a function to read characters from a file using a provided read4 API, but the read function can be called multiple times, so you need to handle internal buffering.

ArraysTwo Pointers

This question is very likely to be asked in your Lyft interview

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