I was contacted via a resume drop after a forum on campus about Big Data that a Yelp representative attended.

I was contacted by a recruiter about six months after the event, which totally worked out for me.

I was contacted Sunday night, and had my phone interview that Tuesday. It was 25 minutes, and the recruiter asked if I had experience in a variety of platforms (e.g., Android), what languages I was most comfortable with, and so on.

Then, she asked me rapid-fire random tech questions, spanning:

• Random Unix knowledge/SQL
• Basic byte trivia
• Quick algorithm trivia
• Pretty specific internet protocol stuff

At the end of the interview, she told me I had done well and was moving on to the next round, which would be a 45-minute coding interview over Skype.

I haven't had that next interview yet, but here's hoping!

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