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The Worst Interview Experience I’ve Ever Had
I had a call with a recruiter in August 2021. Two days later, the technical screening interview was scheduled.
The first part of the interview, the interviewer showed total disrespect by yawning every other minute and by interrupting to show his dominance.
During the actual coding challenge, he was totally ignoring my questions and seemed preoccupied. Multiple times, I had to ask him whether he was still there, but all I heard was typing.
Although the tech challenge wasn’t easy, I mostly felt he had no interest in hiring me as a software engineer, which gives zero motivation to an interviewee.
If that is the representation of the culture at Lyft, I’m not interested in being a part of it, regardless of the decision.
Despite the fact that the recruiter offered another chance (which I totally appreciate), I had zero interest in moving forward.
I hope my feedback will help other candidates.
Questions
DOM manipulation and events, some CSS
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Lyft's interview process for their Senior Front End Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Lyft's Senior Front End Engineer interview process in United States.
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