Frontend Developer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
January 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The phone interview began with a meet-and-greet. We briefly went over my experience and a description of the position, then dove into coding.
There were 45 minutes allotted to coding. The interviewers were friendly and personable; the coding challenge was straightforward.
Questions
Asked to recreate a standard JavaScript function from scratch.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Lyft Frontend Developer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Lyft's interview process for their Frontend Developer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Lyft's Frontend Developer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Lyft Work Experiences
1.0
Perks Ok, Environment Lacking
Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 8, 2017
Pros: Food and toilet paper.
Cons: No QA manager. Some teams don't use the sprint dashboard. No friendly team environment. If you are a contractor, you are not eligible for: stuff or team parties.
2.0
Your standard startup turned giant tech company culture
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 12, 2021
Pros: • Bagel Wednesdays
• Small engineering teams made it generally easy to do good work.
• They made efforts to have All Hands be relevant to most people.
• Lunches were pretty good.
Cons: • didn't compensate their early employees well
• didn't make a point to make up for the poor compensation over the years
• later employees with less experience and less knowledge about the company were given many times more in compensation due to the competitive employee market
2.0
Good company for fast-paced problem solvers
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
December 6, 2023
Pros: - Good pay
- Impactful projects
Cons: - Stock compensation translates to too much up and down on total compensation.
- 1.0Perks Ok, Environment LackingEngineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 8, 2017Pros: Food and toilet paper.Cons: No QA manager. Some teams don't use the sprint dashboard. No friendly team environment. If you are a contractor, you are not eligible for: stuff or team parties.
- 2.0Your standard startup turned giant tech company cultureSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 12, 2021Pros: • Bagel Wednesdays • Small engineering teams made it generally easy to do good work. • They made efforts to have All Hands be relevant to most people. • Lunches were pretty good.Cons: • didn't compensate their early employees well • didn't make a point to make up for the poor compensation over the years • later employees with less experience and less knowledge about the company were given many times more in compensation due to the competitive employee market
- 2.0Good company for fast-paced problem solversSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 6, 2023Pros: - Good pay - Impactful projectsCons: - Stock compensation translates to too much up and down on total compensation.
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