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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

October 1, 2018
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Process

I applied online and was reached out to by a recruiter in about a week or so (I didn't really keep track).

Had my first phone screen, and the interviewer was amazing! He acted like he wanted to be there (which is not common for tech interviews in my experience).

Then I moved onto the final round two weeks later. The laptop challenge was confusing at first, so I did my research before going in.

They basically give you a problem, you go over it with your interviewer, then they cut you loose. You have around 45 minutes to complete the coding challenge by yourself (with the interviewer muted or not present) and access to any and every resource you want, granted you're using your own computer. Then the interviewer will come back, you explain your solution, and then wrap up with the typical ending with questions about the company.

Then you have another 60-minute technical interview. Overall, the final round was 3 hours, which was pretty brutal.

My two interviewers were nice but not as enthusiastic as the last guy, so I thought I struggled a little bit with the personality/behavioral side of the interview.

I think I got all the questions given correct (they run your code against test cases that you have to come up with on your own to sniff out the corner cases). They were easy/medium LeetCode difficulty questions.

But what really blew me out of the water was my recruiter. She responded quickly and got me a decision in 2 days! Unreal!!

Questions

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Lyft's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Seattle, Washington is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Lyft's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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