Lyft Senior Site Reliability Engineer Interview Preparation Guide

Lyft's Senior Site Reliability Engineer interview process evaluates your expertise in distributed systems design, infrastructure automation, reliability engineering, and incident response. The interview is structured to assess both your technical depth in building scalable systems and your practical experience managing production infrastructure. You'll be evaluated on your ability to design highly available systems, make architectural trade-offs, respond to infrastructure challenges, and demonstrate leadership in cross-functional environments. The process includes phone screenings followed by four on-site interview rounds focused on system design, domain expertise in infrastructure and reliability, coding ability, and behavioral/experience assessment. The entire process typically spans 4-6 weeks from initial recruiter contact to final decision.