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Backend Engineer Interview Experience - Ciudad de Mexico

November 9, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Online test, then a behavioral interview, and finally a panel of 4 interviews (System Design, two programming challenges, and a behavioral interview). In one of the interviews, to solve a challenge, the interviewer did not guide me; they just told me to solve the exercise.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Yelp Backend Engineer role in Ciudad de Mexico.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Yelp's interview process for their Backend Engineer roles in Ciudad de Mexico is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Backend Engineer interview process in Ciudad de Mexico.

Yelp Work Experiences

Friendly teammates and manager

Backend Engineer • Former Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: All my teammates were very friendly and helpful.

Cons: The internal documentation is a bit messy and can be improved.

Friendly teammates and manager

Backend Engineer • Former Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: All my teammates were very friendly and helpful.

Cons: The internal documentation is a bit messy and can be improved.

Technical expertise buildup

Backend Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

February 2, 2023

Pros: There is a healthy work-life balance.

Cons: The bonus is not that much.

Technical expertise buildup

Backend Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

February 2, 2023

Pros: There is a healthy work-life balance.

Cons: The bonus is not that much.

Q: A

QA • Current Employee

Georgia, Louisiana, United States

Pros: Easy work Team Tech savvy needed

Cons: Long hours Missed breaks High tickets

QA • Current Employee

Georgia, Louisiana, United States

Pros: Easy work Team Tech savvy needed

Cons: Long hours Missed breaks High tickets

Friendly teammates and manager

Backend Engineer • Former Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pros: All my teammates were very friendly and helpful.

Cons: The internal documentation is a bit messy and can be improved.

4.0
Friendly teammates and manager
Backend Engineer • Former Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
April 8, 2024
Pros: All my teammates were very friendly and helpful.
Cons: The internal documentation is a bit messy and can be improved.

Technical expertise buildup

Backend Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

February 2, 2023

Pros: There is a healthy work-life balance.

Cons: The bonus is not that much.

5.0
Technical expertise buildup
Backend Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
February 2, 2023
Pros: There is a healthy work-life balance.
Cons: The bonus is not that much.

Q: A

QA • Current Employee

Georgia, Louisiana, United States

Pros: Easy work Team Tech savvy needed

Cons: Long hours Missed breaks High tickets

2.0
Q: A
QA • Current Employee
Georgia, Louisiana, United States
May 18, 2025
Pros: Easy work Team Tech savvy needed
Cons: Long hours Missed breaks High tickets

Yelp Interview Questions

Destination City

You are given a list of paths, where each path connects two cities. Find the destination city, which is the city that has a path coming in but no path going out.

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Filter Restaurants by Vegan-Friendly, Price and Distance

You're given a list of restaurants with their vegan-friendly status, price, and distance. Select the restaurants that match specified vegan, price, and distance criteria and return their IDs in sorted order.

Course Schedule

Determine if it is possible to finish all courses given prerequisite relationships between them. Essentially, detect if a cycle exists in the course dependencies.

GraphsRecursion

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