Software Engineer Interview Experience - Berkeley, California
January 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
First, I had a coding challenge on HackerRank. They had example questions and they prepared me for the actual interview question.
Then, I was contacted by a recruiter to set up a Skype interview with an engineer.
Had a Skype interview with an engineer and answered basic questions about myself and two technical questions.
Questions
HackerRank:
You have two arrays. Find a mutual item with the best ranking. (0th item: rank 1, 1st item: rank 2, and so on)
Skype:
- If you have 3 servers and requests are coming in, how would you effectively distribute the loads?
- Input: list of strings, output: list of lists of strings with anagrams together.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineer role in Berkeley, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Berkeley, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineer interview process in Berkeley, California.
Yelp Work Experiences
4.0
Good work culture
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 26, 2018
Pros: Nice people and good work-life balance.
Cons: I cannot think of anything.
5.0
Awesome place to work!
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 8, 2014
Pros: Yelp is a great place to work!
This is my first internship, and all my coworkers have been very supportive. I've learned a ton.
The pay is great. They really push for work-life balance (i.e., they actually want you to go home/go have fun after you've put in your 8 hours), and they plan lots of fun stuff for employees and interns.
Cons: The free snacks are meh (so basically, there is very little I don't like about working here!).
3.0
A random grab bag of the best and worst parts of Silicon Valley
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 28, 2021
Pros: Loves hiring new grads. Has embraced the new reality of remote work. Genuinely good company values attract good people to work there. Tries to encourage growth and self-ownership. Works hard to be a middle ground between the no-pay hack startup and the big-bucks, soulless giant company cultures.
Cons: Being a 'fun' and 'unique' company is used to excuse everything from missing infrastructure to byzantine advancement paths to low salary growth. An environment that makes good managers lackluster and bad managers thrive. Product is as fragmented as internal processes, which is a lot.
- 4.0Good work cultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 26, 2018Pros: Nice people and good work-life balance.Cons: I cannot think of anything.
- 5.0Awesome place to work!Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 8, 2014Pros: Yelp is a great place to work! This is my first internship, and all my coworkers have been very supportive. I've learned a ton. The pay is great. They really push for work-life balance (i.e., they actually want you to go home/go have fun after you've put in your 8 hours), and they plan lots of fun stuff for employees and interns.Cons: The free snacks are meh (so basically, there is very little I don't like about working here!).
- 3.0A random grab bag of the best and worst parts of Silicon ValleySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 28, 2021Pros: Loves hiring new grads. Has embraced the new reality of remote work. Genuinely good company values attract good people to work there. Tries to encourage growth and self-ownership. Works hard to be a middle ground between the no-pay hack startup and the big-bucks, soulless giant company cultures.Cons: Being a 'fun' and 'unique' company is used to excuse everything from missing infrastructure to byzantine advancement paths to low salary growth. An environment that makes good managers lackluster and bad managers thrive. Product is as fragmented as internal processes, which is a lot.
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