Lyft Data Scientist Interview Experience — Surprised by the Low L4 Base Pay, Then a Four-Round Onsite

Lyft·Data Scientist·Oct 2025
OnsiteHR ScreenTechnical Screenmedium

The HR video interview covered salary expectations (the L4 base salary was really low — I was shocked). After passing that round, I had a tech phone screen (pretty similar to what people share online — probability calculations, an open-ended supply-and-demand question). After that round they went straight to scheduling a 4-round onsite. HR was really nice and gave me a rough idea of what each round would cover, which made it a lot easier to prepare.

One round was coding, where you could choose SQL or Python. The question wasn't hard and there was plenty of time — I searched online before the interview and never found the exact question anywhere.

One round was the hiring manager interview — mostly getting a sense of what you've done, then all kinds of behavioral questions.

One round was a tech interview testing your statistics knowledge and experimental design — just review your A/B testing fundamentals well and you'll be fine.

The last round was the business interview, and I thought this one was pretty hard, because it was an open-ended question, and the interviewer in that round had a bit of an accent and didn't give much guidance. Whatever I asked, he didn't give me any useful information —

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Interview at a glance

Company
Lyft
Role
Data Scientist
Rounds
HR Screen → Technical Screen → Onsite
Difficulty
medium
Interview date
Oct 2025
Questions from this interview
4 questions

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