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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

November 1, 2018
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Process

The interview process began with a 20-minute HackerRank prescreen.

A week later, I was invited to a 45-minute technical Skype interview with an engineer. It took about a week after I sent my availability to confirm the interview time. The team was very flexible in rescheduling this interview when I realized I was double-booked.

This interview was quite easy and seemed mostly to gauge collaboration style at Yelp.

About a week after that, the recruiter reached out with an onsite offer.

The onsite interview consisted of four sessions:

  • Two behavioral interviews
  • Two technical interviews (one system design and one algorithms)

The engineers were friendly and acted as good sounding boards.

After the onsite, my recruiter was very respectful of my deadlines and expedited the process, providing a decision just three days after my interview.

Questions

Design a system for calculating and displaying a small new feature on a Yelp business page.

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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.

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