Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
April 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The first round involved a call from a recruiter who asked background and technical questions. During our conversation, they mentioned they would arrange a phone interview for me.
The second round was a technical phone screen. As I had expressed interest in front-end roles, the technical interviewer was from the front-end team and asked about JavaScript, HTML, cookies, and HTTP.
After the first round, another recruiter contacted me and informed me about an additional phone screen. This third phone screen also covered JavaScript and other front-end topics.
Questions
We have a fairly large log file, about 5GB.
Each line of the log file contains a URL that a user has visited on our site.
We want to figure out the 100 most popular URLs visited by our users.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineer New Grad role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
15%
Pass Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive77%
Neutral23%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in San Francisco, California.
Yelp Work Experiences
5.0
Great culture and mission, great engineering environment
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
February 2, 2018
Pros: Good culture.
Fun work environment.
Engineers have a lot of freedom.
No deadlines (!).
Very passionate product team.
Very capable engineers.
Very little process and limited meetings, especially for engineers.
Good speed of execution: Code is deployed 3 times a day for the main monolith and can be deployed unlimited times on demand for backend services. Apps are released every 2 months.
Great location: Huge building and right in downtown.
Great stock refresh plan.
Very open culture when it comes to execs talking about roadmaps and honest company performance.
Very collaborative environment - you can ping any engineer on any team on IRC in team chat rooms. There are on-point members for every team who will respond to any questions, even for debugging code (wow).
Free lunch on Fridays, free birthday cake from the team on birthdays. $ to spend on 'productivity items' like your favorite keyboard, book, or noise-canceling headphones.
Recently, efforts are being made to show gratitude and make employees feel valuable (it's working), like Yelp-iversary cards (work anniversary).
Quarterly 'reviews' which aren’t really performance reviews - they are conversations with your manager to set expectations and give feedback.
Free ASL classes, free movie nights every fortnight.
I worked for a big company before this and though that company has a big name, I didn’t enjoy the culture or work at all. I’m blown away by this company.
Cons: Might not find challenging projects depending on the team.
Outsiders have a perception that Yelp is not doing anything new or innovative.
The quarterly review system is great, but engineers don’t know what to look forward to or how to build their career.
Need to be proactive about your career growth at the company.
4.0
Never Bored, Low Pay
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 16, 2016
Pros: Co-workers are young and active.
Lots of brainstorm lunches and interesting learning groups.
You'll never get bored of your work.
Cons: Not very good compensation and benefits compared to other medium-sized companies.
5.0
Challenging problems while maintaining good work-life balance
Engineering Manager • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
May 3, 2024
Pros: work-life balance
talented coworkers
Cons: Not as many growth opportunities.
Compensation not as competitive.
- 5.0Great culture and mission, great engineering environmentSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 2, 2018Pros: Good culture. Fun work environment. Engineers have a lot of freedom. No deadlines (!). Very passionate product team. Very capable engineers. Very little process and limited meetings, especially for engineers. Good speed of execution: Code is deployed 3 times a day for the main monolith and can be deployed unlimited times on demand for backend services. Apps are released every 2 months. Great location: Huge building and right in downtown. Great stock refresh plan. Very open culture when it comes to execs talking about roadmaps and honest company performance. Very collaborative environment - you can ping any engineer on any team on IRC in team chat rooms. There are on-point members for every team who will respond to any questions, even for debugging code (wow). Free lunch on Fridays, free birthday cake from the team on birthdays. $ to spend on 'productivity items' like your favorite keyboard, book, or noise-canceling headphones. Recently, efforts are being made to show gratitude and make employees feel valuable (it's working), like Yelp-iversary cards (work anniversary). Quarterly 'reviews' which aren’t really performance reviews - they are conversations with your manager to set expectations and give feedback. Free ASL classes, free movie nights every fortnight. I worked for a big company before this and though that company has a big name, I didn’t enjoy the culture or work at all. I’m blown away by this company.Cons: Might not find challenging projects depending on the team. Outsiders have a perception that Yelp is not doing anything new or innovative. The quarterly review system is great, but engineers don’t know what to look forward to or how to build their career. Need to be proactive about your career growth at the company.
- 4.0Never Bored, Low PaySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 16, 2016Pros: Co-workers are young and active. Lots of brainstorm lunches and interesting learning groups. You'll never get bored of your work.Cons: Not very good compensation and benefits compared to other medium-sized companies.
- 5.0Challenging problems while maintaining good work-life balanceEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 3, 2024Pros: work-life balance talented coworkersCons: Not as many growth opportunities. Compensation not as competitive.
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