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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2021
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Process

One phone screen, followed by an onsite with 4 interviews.

The interview consisted of:

  • 2 system design questions
  • 2 coding interviews

One of the coding interviews was a laptop test, which is essentially an open-book coding problem.

Questions

Given a string, how would you find the longest palindrome?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 34 interview experiences for the Lyft Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

26%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive62%
Neutral9%
Negative29%

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

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