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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

September 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had an initial phone interview. The interviewer started by asking about myself and briefly described the team and his work at Lyft.

We then jumped onto a coding exercise on Coderpad. He explained the question, and as I was progressing, he added more follow-up questions.

I received an email from the recruiter two days later inviting me for an onsite interview at their SF office. I had four rounds of interviews at the onsite:

  • One round was a coding exercise on my laptop (the interviewer gave me a question on paper).
  • Two rounds were system design questions.
  • One round was a personality/experience-based interview.

Overall, I would say I had a good experience. All the interviewers were nice.

Questions

  1. Medium LeetCode question in phone interview

  2. Design WhatsApp-like service

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Lyft Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Lyft's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral17%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Lyft's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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