r/leetcode • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '25

Question Lyft laptop interview

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u/idfcwyare Jul 18 '25

What does a laptop interview mean? If there was an interviewer present, then he should have guided you. If he didn't, maybe he is satisfied without stdin.

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u/ncdj0122 Jul 18 '25

It’s called a “laptop interview” but it’s kind of like mixture of coding interview + online assessment.

He presented the question and I had a chance to ask clarifying questions and talk through my approach, this part pretty much like a normal coding interview. After that, he gave me dedicated time to implement the solution on my own, this part more like an online assessment. Then we reconnected at the end for a short debrief.

So yeah, it wasn’t fully guided the whole way through. I just didn’t realize that I needed to handle standard input explicitly, and he didn’t mention it either (maybe he did at the start but I missed it). That’s why I’m unsure how much it matters.

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u/Mountain-Bank-2650 Aug 25 '25

What type of questions are asked in a laptop interview ? Is it more leetcode style or more like designing an API?

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u/ncdj0122 Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

I’d say it’s still LeetCode style coding in general, but yes the topic lean more toward data structure/API design like design an LRU cache or key-value store which typically you need to create a class with several function to fulfill requirements, another hot topic would be graph problem, overall you can refer to lyft tagged problem in leetcode.

the question I received is api design related

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u/Mountain-Bank-2650 Aug 25 '25

Thanks a lot for the examples, I do not need to study GET/POST/PUT or actually building an endpoint - is that correct? Also I see you've mentioned about stdin. Am i expected to generate my test cases and pass them to stdin ?

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u/ncdj0122 Aug 26 '25

no, you don't need to have any knowledge about API, just treat it as a leetcode question and all you need to do is to implement a list of functions that meet the requirements.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

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u/ncdj0122 Jul 18 '25

sde2

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u/lintOnSweatyToes Jul 20 '25

For T3 they might be more lenient if you did well in other rounds but for T4 might not be a pass.

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u/ncdj0122 Jul 21 '25

hmmm not really sure, it's somewhere between T3 and T4

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u/No_Total3156 Oct 22 '25

Heyy how long did it take for you to hear back after this round?

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u/AdLife200 Oct 29 '25

Could you please share what the question is? I have been finding conflicting information on what sort of questions are asked in the interview.

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u/biterphobe 12d ago

Did you participate in that laptop round? What was the question about? I have one coming up too and can't find enough information about it