I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2015
Interview
I directly contacted a recruiter for an advertised position and got an answer quickly. I was invited for a first short interview with a tech-recruiter (20 min, just some very general questions about my background) and another phone conversation with an engineer (25 min, also still very relaxed, mainly about my background and interests). I was not asked the "typical" questions mentioned here before.
After that I was scheduled for a technical interview over Skype:
- Lasted around 60 min (including a 30 min code exercise with coderpad)
- 5 min on background
- 15 min general tech questions (what happens when you type in a URL into your browser, data structures/ implementation and use, database)
- 30 min code exercise
- another 10 min to ask questions
Overall very pleasant interview process. Nothing unexpected, the questions were not particularly hard, but I was not perfectly prepared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures, hash map, web technologies (make sure to understand this, since Yelp is a web company), search algorithms, code exercise
Leetcode style interview online via link, then a 1 on 1 technical interview with a lead developer also online where you can ask questions about the role and working at yelp, later more in depth technical tests and finally references and psicological tests.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about the project you are the most proud of, why do you want to work at yelp
Very intense. 4 back to back 45 minute interviews. One behaviour and four technical interviews.
Nice people but got the vibe everyone was happy with the work as it wasn’t too challenging.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Yelp (Toronto, ON) in May 2025
Interview
Around 3 different rounds with a mix of behavioural and technical. Last round features on-site which lasts the whole day, where there are 2 dsa rounds, 1 system design round and 1 recruiter round to end the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk us through one project you have done, and some of the challenges you encountered while working on this project