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What to Expect in the Lyft DS Interview Loop

The Lyft DS interview loop is very structured. Each interview follows an almost-rigid format to assess you across very specific technical and leadership skills. Here's the process:

  1. 1. Recruiter Phone Screen

    Initial assessment of background and interest in Lyft's marketplace challenges.

  2. 2. Technical Screen

    In-depth screen covering SQL, statistical modeling (hypothesis testing), and Python coding.

  3. 3. Onsite Loop

    4-5 rounds: Product Case (pricing/retention), Machine Learning/Statistical deep dive, Coding/Algorithm round, and Behavioral.

    • Behavioral

    • Statistics

    • Case Study

    • ML Knowledge

    • Coding & SQL

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Lyft DS

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Thank you so much! It was really very helpful. Especially the business cases and the structure of the interview. Was really well prepared with the business case questions. Gave an excellent overview on how the interview process works. We walked through 2-3 buisness cases even after when the time went over

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Lyft Data Scientist, Algorithms

5 star review

Thank you for your time and help. I found this session extremely helpful and it gave me an idea of what to expect. The question was challenging and it made me realize what my blind spots are, and where I need to improve. Your insights and feedback during the interview was very useful and I learned a lot from the process.Thanks again.

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Lyft Data Scientist

5 star review

Thank you so much for your help and time. It gives me the clear understanding of what to study and how deep to study

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Lyft DS

5 star review

The coach was really prepared to conduct this mock interview. We covered different aspects of a business case from metrics, to hypothesis testing and experimentation. This helped me in rehearsing a structured approach in addressing a business case.

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Lyft Data Science

5 star review

Thanks so much for your help! I got a lot from the session and feel like I can better prepare for the interview now. Even if this one doesn't work out it'll be useful for future interviews as well. :) 

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Lyft Senior Data Scientist

5 star review

Hi *******, Thank you very much for meeting with me! Your insights were  invaluable! I feel a lot more confident now with how to approach an open ended business case question. Prepfully was able to find a coach who could provide me indepth insights on how the interview process would look like and how to approach the problems.

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Lyft DS

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