Could someone please provide more details about the 90 minute interview part for Lyft?
I know I can bring my own laptop and will have full internet access.
What sort of problem will I be asked to solve?
Will it be something I can solve by writing code from scratch or should I expect to search for open source code to speed up my development?
I would hate to spend a bunch of time looking for good open source libraries to use then running out of time to solve the problem. I’m hoping that the problem complexity is reasonable enough that I shouldn’t need to pull in special libraries.
Though I also wonder if I would get penalized in my evaluation if I end up writing a bunch of code I could have leveraged from somewhere else instead.
Am I allowed to reuse code that I’ve written myself and is present on the laptop I bring?
It sounds like the app’s UI could simply be a console app that accepts a file or URL path on the command line then outputs to a local file. Is that correct?
Is it expected that I do Test Driven Development? I want to make sure I have enough time to solve the problem and don’t spend too much time on the test code.
Then again, if I only solve the problem and don’t have unit tests will that also count against me?
The environment description during this interview is weird. Will an interviewer be present the whole time or do they step away after I’ve asked my clarifying questions? If they stick around, do I lose points if I ask further questions once I’ve completed my initial clarifying questions?
Lyft seems like a great company and I want to make sure I’ve properly prepared for this part since it seems like the main difference between a Lyft interview and one at the other companies I’ve interviewed at.
Note: I could have sworn someone asked this question before and I tried searching for it but couldn’t find it. So if someone can simply post a link to that thread then I’d be grateful.
Thanks in advance for any tips.
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