Backend Engineer, New Grad Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
The onsite interview contained 4 separate rounds, each 45 minutes long. The first half of each round focused on behavioral and technical questions, while the second half was a coding portion. Before the interviews began, a recruiter would show the candidate around the office and briefly introduce the working environment, after which the interviews started.
Questions
How to design a load balancer?
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Backend Engineer, New Grad roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Yelp Work Experiences
- 3.0laid-back cultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 13, 2023Pros: Good work-life balance, and everyone is kind of nice.Cons: The pay is pretty low.
- 3.0Overall a good place. My team was not the right fitSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 8, 2014Pros: Live in San Francisco High pay Weekly talks Good cultureCons: I did not enjoy what I was working on. There was a weird dichotomy between well-treated software engineers (e.g., we got field trips and free lunch on Fridays) and poorly treated sales people.
- 5.0Great People, Flexible WLB, Product Heading in the Right DirectionEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2021Pros: Tenured people that work well together, a supportive ecosystem in engineering, and lots of ability to learn and grow.Cons: I honestly don't have any complaints.
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