Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Lyft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 47% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 107 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 Software Engineer according to 107 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 45%
One on one interview: 24%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 2%
Background check: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
Personality test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2018
Interview
Passed the phone screen which was easy then invited to onsite. When I arrived I noticed the majority of engineers were Indian men and attractive Asian women. I wonder why? Anyway I did mostly ok in the interview, but one Indian guy gave me a coding question and before I started I told him how I was going to solve it, he said sure go ahead, and after I was done he then tells me it was no good since it was not efficient enough. Well then why did he say my solution was ok in the first place?
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 .