Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
December 1, 2011
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Asked the basic list of questions by HR.
Coding questions for the phone interview.
Also had to discuss projects that I did.
Questions
Linked list or array for binary search?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 92 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
14%
Pass Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral32%
Negative18%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Yelp Work Experiences
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
Awesome place to work!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 19, 2012
Pros: Great environment. Amazing people.
Everyone there is willing to help you get on your feet and start coding. They all come off as friendly and helpful, and you fit in in no time.
A lot of the time, you will either be on IRC chatting with fellow coworkers about life, or setting up some after-work activity. The environment is laid back, and the only real motivating factor was seeing how much your fellow co-worker did the previous day, since there weren't really any set deadlines to get a project done.
Cons: Had a long commute, but other than that, everything was incredible. No complaints.
4.0
Would recommend for a New Grad
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 7, 2018
Pros: - Great work/life balance.
- Incredible engineering culture-wise: everyone I've worked with is both very kind and supportive, and an amazing engineer.
- Great learning environment for a new grad or junior engineer.
- Getting to work on high-impact and high-visibility projects as a new grad.
Cons: - Unclear road-map for growth for more experienced engineers
- Compensation not competitive
- Slow to improve on large tech-debt items
- A lot of the new managers are very "meh"
- 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.
- 5.0Awesome place to work!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 19, 2012Pros: Great environment. Amazing people. Everyone there is willing to help you get on your feet and start coding. They all come off as friendly and helpful, and you fit in in no time. A lot of the time, you will either be on IRC chatting with fellow coworkers about life, or setting up some after-work activity. The environment is laid back, and the only real motivating factor was seeing how much your fellow co-worker did the previous day, since there weren't really any set deadlines to get a project done.Cons: Had a long commute, but other than that, everything was incredible. No complaints.
- 4.0Would recommend for a New GradSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 7, 2018Pros: - Great work/life balance. - Incredible engineering culture-wise: everyone I've worked with is both very kind and supportive, and an amazing engineer. - Great learning environment for a new grad or junior engineer. - Getting to work on high-impact and high-visibility projects as a new grad.Cons: - Unclear road-map for growth for more experienced engineers - Compensation not competitive - Slow to improve on large tech-debt items - A lot of the new managers are very "meh"
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