Marketing 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 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Marketing roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Marketing according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 8%
Other: 8%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2016
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Ranked as difficult based on the amount of time, energy and free labor required to be strung along the interview process - much of which was not outlined as part of the process from the beginning.
The long, drawn out interview process of 5-6 weeks that included no mention/confirmation of salary range until the final 5 minutes of the entire process. Original interview process was said to be 3 steps. Final interview process was much different with extra work curve balls. Included: creating an entire marketing plan (which would have been a huge expense to hire a consultant to do) with as many creative ideas as possible (so they can use them later). Over half a dozen of all-over-the-place interviews later, with plenty of positive feedback (similar to "what you prepared is exactly what we should require from everyone in this type of role..." etc), it was clear no one was on the same page about what they wanted/needed. The deciding factor communicated was on a topic no one even asked me about.
Other than trying to get a straight answer on where you are in the interview process (to know if its worth spending time on free work - which, it probably isn't), if you are requested to interview at HQ, do yourself a favor and make sure you aren't paying THEM to let you interview. They got at least $100 bucks out of me in Lyft rides during the whole process. Specifically, I was told I had a $25 Lyft credit from SFO to HQ for the final interview. They claimed that would be more than enough for the roundtrip. Not only did the round trip cost more than double, the promo code they provided was only worth $15.
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All over the place. Different people had different specific questions and different expectations for the role. No one asked if I like Lyft or if I have used them for a long time or anything that you would expect from a consumer brand company.
the interview process was very straight forward but it took a while. A few rounds and a case study nothing crazy. i ended up not getting an offer but overall a fine experience
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background, why do you want to work on the team, ect ect
Horrible 3-month process.
1. 3 phone interviews
2. In-depth case study, to be presented in interviews
3. 4 thirty-minute in-person interviews where I did not even get to present my case study work
Was not given an offer and never received any feedback. I strongly believe they used the case study to get free consulting and ideas. They are no holier than their competitor.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft in Mar 2019
Interview
Phone screens, work sample, onsite. Everyone was really friendly, patient, and smart: it felt like I left the day with a solid understanding of what day to day in the role might be like. The stakeholders I spoke to would be the ones I'd likely work with day to day. At no point did I feel intimidated: everything was pretty informal.
I appreciated the extent to which the interview was "talk me through how you would solve this current problem within lyft" and "tell me about a time when..." (past experience). I've often found companies over-index one way or the other. They also put a few questions in there related to solving questions outside of the context of lyft.
My only frustration was the scheduling: it was 4 hours of interviewing with 6 people, and there wasn't a single five minute break or breather in between. The last section was with someone from a data team, and while the questions were unbelievably straightfwd in retrospect, my brain was fried from all of the context switching and I know I did a lousy job.
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Design an experiment for a product that's not Lyft. What would you build, and why? What would be your metrics for success? What parts of your day to day at your current role do you really enjoy? Dislike?