Lyst Interview Questions

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lyst.

Interview

Short phone call with HR. After I've received timed home assesment which took me around 2 hours and then 3 hours with engineers on site. Pair programming, design review and then cultural part.

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Lyst (London, England) in July 2019.

Interview

1. Online application
2. Telephone interview
3. Coding test
4. Onsite interview (with the VP Engineering and Senior Engineer), followed by programming exercises (with senior engineers). Ending with cultures and values interview.

I was always well informed by the HR, and their response was very fast. When I attended the onsite interview I thought the office culture and the people were great, and this made me feel very comfortable throughout the whole process.

Application

I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lyst (London, England) in July 2019.

Interview

The recruitment process was pretty efficient. I had 3 stages in 2 weeks:
- an initial call with a Talent Acquisition Manager
- a video call with a UX researcher and VP of Product when I had to walk through a case study
- a final stage consisting of 3 rounds with 5 people in total. During one of the rounds I was asked about various scenarios and I had to explain how I'd go about answering particular questions.
I received the offer the following day after the interview, but at the end decided to go ahead with a different offer.
The team was very friendly and they're based in the most stunning office I've ever seen!

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lyst (London, England) in July 2019.

Interview

The interview process was in 3 stages. The first one being a phone call with Talent Acquisition. The next step was a video portfolio review where I talked through my experience and portfolio with two designers from Lyst. And finally a 3 part face to face where I had another chat about my experience, a UX task where I was asked to work through a problem and then more of a culture fit interview with two engineers.

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Lyst (London, England) in July 2019.

Interview

Interviewed for a Director position in Marketing for their team in London. The process was very smooth and professional from first contact with the recruiter to final offer stage. I met incredibly smart people throughout the process, passionate for their product and customers. Communication was flawless.

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Lyst (London, England) in July 2019.

Interview

Lyst reached out to me so I had a phone conversation explaining what they were looking for, whilst telling me that I would be a good candidate given my experience and ambition. The next part of the process was a take home technical test, which given the early nature of the test I was initially reluctant. However I was reassured me that this test was not just given to anybody and that I was only one of three completing it.
I go away and complete the technical test by creating a small mobile shoe app, taking 6 hours of my personal time. I sent this back within 3 days of our initial phone call.
After 2 days I receive an email saying the team were really happy with my technical test and they would like to offer me an face to face interview for the role. I confirm my availability and wait for confirmation on their end.
I then receive an email rescinding the offer of an interview based on the fact that I lacked the necessary experience.

It is very disappointing to be strung along and made to waste so much of my personal time to then be rejected based on criteria that could have been established from my CV.

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lyst (London, England) in July 2019.

Interview

Very straightforward, I applied on Lyst website, the recruiter contacted me in a few days, and with 2 weeks time, everything was finished. The process was a phone call, take-home test and 2 face to face interviews with the team lead and broader teams.

Interview

As others have said, the recruitment process is diabolical. I was first contacted by one recruiter who took me through the process and said they’d organise an interview. Then nothing. Then a second recruiter rang and asked the same questions and said he’d organise an IV. He organised and then cancelled the day before. A third recruitment person then emailed to sort out a new time. No-one explained who they all were and that they were passing me on to other people. The IV itself was fine and the hiring manager was really friendly. Back to recruitment again and a return to the awful experience. Despite chasing there has been no feedback which is completely unprofessional. I’ve never known a recruitment team to be so unorganised and unprofessional. The recruitment team needs a serious shake up.

Interview

Their HR person contacted me, asking for availability. After I submitted it, I never heard back.

Reached out to a connection on Linkedin who works there. He also pinged the HR person. Still no response.

Application

The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Lyst in December 2018.

Interview

Dreadful.

They contacted me after a recruitment event, and I was interested in learning more. Then they asked me to do a take home test which was fairly specific and took a number of hours. Incidentally, a day after sending the test they emailed and asked if I could do a slightly different test - good thing I hadn't started.

Only after submitting my solutions/thoughts about the take home test did they disclose that there may not be a job available at all and that discussions are still ongoing within the team. Since then, 10+ emails have been exchanged (over the space of 6 weeks) with absolutely no new information or progress.

I've accepted a more interesting role somewhere else, and you should too.

Management - if you want to hire anyone half decent, don't treat applicants like this.