Yelp's interview process was incredibly efficient compared with the other tech companies I have interviewed with. I gave my resume to one of Yelp's engineers at an on-campus career fair and was contacted later that evening to schedule an on-campus screen for a few days later.

I struggled more than I should have with the question, but a week after the initial screen, they invited me out for an onsite interview at their office in SF.

The onsite interviews started in the afternoon and began with a tour of their offices, followed by a series of four technical interviews. Their engineers were very friendly, and I thought I did well on the coding/algorithms questions. However, they also asked a fair number of knowledge-based questions and seemed to be looking for specific answers. I definitely struggled with these due to my inexperience.

I came out of the interview feeling pretty good, but I received a rejection email two days later telling me that I was not quite a right fit for the position.

Pros:

• Fast process
• Interviewers were friendly
• Cool office in downtown SF

Cons:

• As one other review said, Yelp places more emphasis on knowledge-based questions than other tech companies.

My interview focused on pretty standard behavioral and technical questions that can be found online.

The main topics were search, recursion, and a bit of machine learning.

All of my interviewers asked, "Why Yelp?" so definitely think about this before you go in. Come up with something better than just, "I like food."