Back-end Software Engineer Interview Experience - Hamburg, Germany
January 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
It was a 25-minute call with HR from the Hamburg office, conducted in English.
They wanted to know about my experiences and expectations, and how my current work relates to the work I expect to do at Yelp.
The interview was relaxed and friendly.
At the end, I had the opportunity to ask questions.
Questions
What do you think you would do at Yelp?
How is your current working day structured?
A number of technical questions:
- How many bytes are in a 64-bit integer?
- What is the largest number representable by an int32?
- Which of the following is an immutable Python type: list, tuple, or dictionary?
- How do you find a function by name in a number of source code files?
- What is the HTTP port?
- What is SSL?
- What is the complexity of searching for a list item in a binary search?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Yelp Back-end Software Engineer role in Hamburg, Germany.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Back-end Software Engineer roles in Hamburg, Germany is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Back-end Software Engineer interview process in Hamburg, Germany.
Yelp Work Experiences
4.0
A chill place to work
Software Engineer • Former Employee
July 15, 2022
Pros: Really take care about "people", not "delivery".
Seldom to be asked to deliver something/product.
Very clear promotion track: collect enough "points" and get promotion. Every quarter, the manager will plan what points you want to increase in the next quarter and set some checkpoints in the middle of the quarter. No surprises.
Communication is very nice.
Infra team and other teams are really cooperative! They answer questions super fast and are happy to answer. Most discussion is in Slack. Slack lover! If you like to use Slack to communicate instead of email, it is a good place to work.
Cons: The salary is super below other companies. Even though we have a big user base, it is hard to convert to money, which makes the salary not competitive.
4.0
Great place to work, but projects can be a little stale with low impact
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 25, 2022
Pros: - Great benefits packages
- Competitive pay
- Great on the resume
Cons: - Low impact work
- Coworkers can be a little passive-aggressive sometimes.
5.0
General review of the work-life at Yelp
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 31, 2021
Pros: - Very friendly team and environment.
- Flexible work time.
- Good work-life balance.
Cons: - Documentation might be a bit confusing.
- 4.0A chill place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeJuly 15, 2022Pros: Really take care about "people", not "delivery". Seldom to be asked to deliver something/product. Very clear promotion track: collect enough "points" and get promotion. Every quarter, the manager will plan what points you want to increase in the next quarter and set some checkpoints in the middle of the quarter. No surprises. Communication is very nice. Infra team and other teams are really cooperative! They answer questions super fast and are happy to answer. Most discussion is in Slack. Slack lover! If you like to use Slack to communicate instead of email, it is a good place to work.Cons: The salary is super below other companies. Even though we have a big user base, it is hard to convert to money, which makes the salary not competitive.
- 4.0Great place to work, but projects can be a little stale with low impactSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 25, 2022Pros: - Great benefits packages - Competitive pay - Great on the resumeCons: - Low impact work - Coworkers can be a little passive-aggressive sometimes.
- 5.0General review of the work-life at YelpSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaOctober 31, 2021Pros: - Very friendly team and environment. - Flexible work time. - Good work-life balance.Cons: - Documentation might be a bit confusing.
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