I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft in Nov 2025
Interview
Absolutely horrible experience. The interviewers were great but the recruiters were absolutely terrible.
After passing the phone screen, I had coordinate a schedule for the onsite. The link for the scheduling wasn't working, and there were much back and forth with the recruiter. Every reply took weeks from their end, which usually resulted in a new link that was yet again broken. It took a month to get something on the calendar.
All the while, the role was already filled. There was no communication that this was the case.
So after preparing, and going through the 3 hours of onsite interviews, came radio silence. I'd reach out every week with no response. I was connected with the recruiter on linkedin, and message them directly, and there was no response. I only discovered recently that the original position was filled, which makes me wonder whether the interviews even counted towards an actual job. Recruiter didn't even have the courtesy to send a 5 second reply or a rejection email to close the loop.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You can find all the questions online. Study from the list of questions they've asked from the past few years.
Reflecting on the experience, I gained valuable insights, even though I ultimately declined the offer. The interview started with a technical round, where I faced a coding question about finding the smallest window in a string. It hit me that this was a problem I had worked on through PracHub just days before. Following that, there was a system design question focused on creating a real-time chat system. The process was smooth, and the interviewers were approachable, making it a positive journey overall.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Find the smallest window in a string containing all target characters
Hr technical recruiter
Technical coding - HashMap and state management related question.
System Design - Time passed too quickly if you're new to it
Behavioural -
Recent project you're proud of
What was your role?
What was impact?
How did you measure?
Tell me about failure
Did you convince your colleague about your solution and how?
What's inclusion for you
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (Toronto, ON) in May 2026
Interview
My experience wasn’t great with Lyft.
During my system design interview, my interviewer kept silent most of the time.
No communication, and he seems to end my interview session as soon as possible.
Be careful about this
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Lyft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 108 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Lyft overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lyft as a Software Engineer according to 108 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 45%
One on one interview: 24%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 2%
Background check: 2%
Other: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Personality test: 1%
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