Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Lyft (San Francisco, CA) en jul 2018
Entrevista
Got a call back from the recruiter after online resume application. Initial phone screen with HR regarding the role, team and your background fit. One 30-45 min phone screen with data scientist which is mostly about a business case study and your technical experience and projects. Next was a 48 hours data challenge, with multiple questions and subquestions. it has a good balance between the technical and business side of the problem. This is probably the hardest part of the interview process as you have to build a coherent story with your analysis while answering all the questions asked. Followed by half a day of on-site interviews data-challenge presentation, 2 business case studies, stats and probability, technical (SQL and R/python) and values and cultural fit interviews with varied team members with different experience level. Overall the onsite experience was pleasant, but I struggled in one of the business cases as the question was described in a line as opposed to a business situation in other interviews at Lyft or other firms. This either meant I had to ask multiple questions or make numerous assumptions. Also, the way the interviewer wanted to approach the problem was radically different to what I proposed and it just didn't go well with the interviewer. I must point out that he was extremely polite and not at all condescending throughout the 30 mins. Stats and technical interviews were pretty easy if you know business applications of key concepts, their variants and data manipulation using SQL(window functions). Overall a great bunch of people to talk with, was given quick results and accommodated my schedule. The recruiter also called to give feedback after conveying the decision. I still feel more business context should be given during business case studies. All the questions are related to Lyft's business model and their product
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Window functions, Stats of A/B testing, Probability and expectation, Churn, Lifetime of drivers, Pool matching
Me postulé a través de una agencia de empleos. Acudí a una entrevista en Lyft
Entrevista
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
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Lyft (Toronto, ON) en jun 2026
Entrevista
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.