Project, Conflict, Failure, and DEI

Requirements

• Have at the ready a story about a disagreement or conflict with a colleague.
• Prepare an instance where you took feedback and adjusted your behavior.
• Prepare a narrative of a project that went poorly or a tough period, and the lessons you took from it.
• Have a story about a challenging project where you navigated ambiguity.
• Prepare a decision-making example where trade-offs were critical.
• For senior-level interviews, prepare a diversity or inclusion story.
• Be prepared for hybrid questions that start with your resume project and then shift into behavioral follow-ups.

Notes

• The senior behavioral interview may throw a series of unrelated “tell me about a time” prompts rather than focusing on a single project in depth.
• Some behavioral rounds feel like a casual chat; others are more formal and structured.
• For frontend and intern interviews, manager rounds typically center on collaboration, disagreement, and feedback themes.
• Stories tailored to Lyft should highlight collaboration, learning, accountability, and inclusion. For DEI questions, have a concrete example of how you changed a process, broadened access, or improved team involvement, not just a vague statement of values.

Preparation

• Develop six STAR stories covering conflict, failure, feedback, ambiguity, leadership or mentorship, and inclusion.
• For each, have one metric or result ready, plus a follow-up on what you’d do differently.
• Practice delivering them in two minutes first, then elaborating only if prompted.
• Link each story to a Lyft-relevant signal: customer impact, achieving results together, learning from feedback, or fostering belonging through a specific action.