Status: 8 years Experience
Position: M.S C.S student
Location: N/A
Phone screen (1 hour):
Leetcode Medium DFS problem. Solved it and was moved to Virtual Onsite
Onsite (4 rounds 1 hour each):
Round 1 [System design]:
Straight foward system design that is present on G.T.S.D and YT videos
Round 2 [System design]:
Completely new question, even the interviewer said he was asking it for the first time.
Round 3 [Laptop test]:
Surprisingly simple laptop test, build a basic system with two methods. Did not include test cases ( not sure if its a plus point)
Round 4 [Manager]:
Past work experience, projects worked on, team questions, etc.
Got a reject two weeks after the Virtual onsite, had my hopes high thinking that since they hadn't got back for two weeks must be a good thing else would have rejected me earlier itself - turns out they waited two weeks to reject me.
Lyft is one of the easier FAANG like firms to get through becase their interview process is simpler and straight forward.