I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft in Oct 2015
Interview
Was contacted by a recruiter about a week after applying online for an iOS position. Set up a quick 30 minute call but she got the time zone wrong, so we had to reschedule. After the recruiter call, did a short technical call with an engineer. The technical interview had very little in the way of coding, just asking questions about my development style. After that the recruiter wanted me to complete a "short" programming assignment. I pushed back since I hate doing these but they told me it was part of their process.
I spent a good 8 hours building a "small" app (they told me to send it within 2 days). A few days after submitting the app, I got a form rejection email and no contact since. My experience is similar to another interviewee on Glassdoor who I should've paid attention to. While the app I wrote was not perfect, I have no way of knowing what it was lacking, and literally spent hours on it for no reason. Companies that require candidates to do this before an onsite just come off as lazy as it requires no extra work for them and a lot of extra work for the candidates.
My suggestion is an emphatic DO NOT APPLY FOR A JOB AT LYFT. It is not worth your time. There are better companies out there that require fewer hoops to jump through and actually treat the candidates with respect.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about iOS frameworks, language features.
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
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Process is good. Not too exhaustive and they respond quickly. Recruiters are great too. I cleared all my interviews and I am in team matching since a very long time. Lyft does not give you an offer even after clearing interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC medium. System design - medium level question. Product side system design
I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft in Dec 2025
Interview
recruiter call - coding interview - onsite (system design, coding, behavior)
Processing around a month due to holiday season. 1-2hrs after coding interview got onsite invitation. 2days after onsite, got auto rejection email .
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