Went through a referral: phone call, then an on-site was scheduled. Got the names for my on-site PMs, of which the last one was changed (if anyone prepares by studying their interviewers, heads up)
On-site was 2 hrs total: 2 PMs in first hour (one was shadowing), and another PM in the second one.
First group were good people: they were helpful, guided you along, and were friendly. If you read Glassdoor interviews, study the business, and your interviewers, you’ll know what they’ll ask. In this case, it was about their surge-pricing. Study the economics and know the impact on their two types of users (driver and passenger).
Second group was more blunt than the previous. I’m tempted to say something negative, but this was really on me: they asked a question that was already asked in other Glassdoor reviews (Lyft for kids), but she throws you off your game by throttling your thought process. What I mean is, it’s difficult to get to your answer in the time zone if you don’t start with a direct line of thought that gives away that you practiced this answer before. But who knows? Maybe this was intentional. It forces you to focus (and not ramble) as a future PM, which is good practice in general.
In the end, this was on me. Good experience to remind you to know the business, stay focused on your MVP while you talk, which is something only prepping for can help you with. The only opportunity cost is that I leave Lyft a better interviewee, and yet I don’t think the company will know whether I was a good fit or not. It could have worked out.
In a way, that also helped. By interviewing with a number 2, I could be more honest than if I was interviewing with Uber: I freely admitted I was nervous, and I could actually have a good conversation with the first set. Funny.
fyi, I’m going to assume they’ll pass, which is why I put no offer.
All the best Lyft! Your brand is better than Uber’s