Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
I spoke with Yelp at a university career fair and secured an on-campus interview appointment. The interview lasted about 45 minutes.
We discussed my previous internship/job and resume items. The interviewer asked about my ideal role at Yelp. Since I expressed interest in front-end development, we talked about JavaScript and jQuery.
He then asked how I would approach writing a library like jQuery and what the biggest challenges would be. Finally, he presented a technical question, which I solved on a whiteboard.
Questions
Write a function to check if a word is a palindrome.
What about for sentences, ignoring capitals, punctuation, and spaces?
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Yelp Work Experiences
- 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.
- 4.0Freebies Mask Aggressive ManagementSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 13, 2013Pros: Free lunches and drinks, partyCons: Aggressive management, no product focus.
- 4.0I had one of my happiest years in lifeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaJuly 6, 2023Pros: My team has an open and trusting culture. I feel bonded with some of the team members, even though we are all working remotely. It is a feeling I come to value highly and cherish. Many engineers are technically minded, care about what they do, and are good at what they do. Good work/life balance overall. Competitive compensation for Canada.Cons: Some of the entry-level managers are neither good at the technical side nor the people management side. I don't find them adding value to the company. I feel the opposite, to be honest. The leveling system is tricky to navigate, especially if your manager is unskilled, as I mentioned above. If your manager does not know your value well, the level system is just a pain. The projects (so far) are only mildly interesting. There seems to be a lack of ambition from the product org to think big and act big.
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