I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft (Montreal, QC) in Jun 2025
Interview
The interview process began with a recruiter pre-screening, mainly covering my background, experience, interest in the role, and work authorization. The second round focused on probability and statistics, including statistical reasoning, distributions, hypothesis testing, and practical problem-solving questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
binominal distribution. Given $20 coupon, 20% customers use, what is the expected value?
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Lyft
Interview
The first round is good, but the second round they asked me something about conditional probability, and ask you to solve a real problem within some time. It made me feel nervous, with two people staring at you
I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2026
Interview
They scheduled an screening interview and then scheduled for a technical data science interview mostly on experimentation and stats + prob. They sent a blog about the interview which is basically about how to answer their questions.
I interviewed with a recruiter last fall. Since I was graduating in eight months, she said she'd talk to the hiring manager about whether to send technical interviews now or hold off for different openings in the future, and would get back to me in a few days. She never followed up and didn't respond to my emails. Eventually, I got an automated rejection, the subject line literally read "Update on [insert job title]," they hadn't even bothered to fill in the job title. The whole process felt unprofessional.
Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Lyft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 58 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 Data Scientist according to 58 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 21%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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