Motivation for a Lyft PM Role: Tying Its Rider-Driver Marketplace to Your Experience

You are interviewing for a product manager role at Lyft, and the interviewer asks what draws you to Lyft and to this role. How do you answer? ```hint Make the company name impossible to swap Pick reasons that would be false if you said them about another company, and attach each one to something you have actually done. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - Is the interviewer asking about Lyft as a whole, or about the specific team, such as the rider app, the driver app, pricing and matching, or bikes and scooters? - How long should the answer be: a one-minute opener, or a fuller answer the interviewer will dig into? - Has the interviewer already heard your background in an earlier round, or should the answer introduce your relevant experience? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - Specific, accurate reasons tied to Lyft's business: its two-sided marketplace of riders and drivers, its competitive position and its current priorities - Evidence from the candidate's own work that shows why they fit this role - What the candidate would contribute, not only what they hope to gain - A concise, sincere delivery that could not be given word for word to a different company ### Follow-up Questions - Why Lyft rather than Uber? - Which part of the Lyft rider or driver experience would you change first, and why? - What do you see as Lyft's biggest product challenge over the next few years?