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Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience

February 5, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied in the first week of January 2014 and received a call in the last week of January. I went through the first round, which was a screening with HR. It was very easy and covered basic CS questions. The interview proceeded as follows:

  • Why Yelp?
  • Why would we hire you?

And then a few technical questions:

  • Signal for the kill command?
  • Performance of a binary tree if implemented through an array or linked list?
  • SQL command to move a row in a table?
  • Protocol used to transfer messages in an HTTP application?
  • SSL?
  • Number of bits to represent octal?
  • Maximum value that can be represented by an unsigned int?
  • Which of the following describes an inner join? (e.g., A intersection B, A union B, etc.)

I am now waiting for the next round, which is a Skype interview a week from now.

Questions

All questions were very basic and posted here.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 36 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineer Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

3%
Pass Rate

Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive42%
Neutral56%
Negative3%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineer Intern interview process in United States.

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