Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
December 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied through on-campus recruiting. Received an email and scheduled for a non-technical phone screen interview. Then, a 45-minute technical Skype interview about a week or two later. Final on-site: four 1:1 45-minute interviews.
Questions
Given a string query and a list of correct words in a dictionary, find a word in the dictionary that has the least difference.
Count the number of weakly connected components in a graph.
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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
5.0
Location, Balance, Learning Opps
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
December 25, 2017
Pros: Great location, great work-life balance (might depend on team/specialization).
Lots of opportunities to learn and move around within the company (deputyships).
Cons: Possibly slightly below average on perks and compensation relative to other companies.
5.0
Great place to build software engineering knowledge and connections
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 25, 2021
Pros: Uses both latest and old technologies for web programming, so you learn a lot.
Cons: The type of work opportunities you have can widely vary depending on what team you are in.
3.0
A random grab bag of the best and worst parts of Silicon Valley
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 28, 2021
Pros: Loves hiring new grads. Has embraced the new reality of remote work. Genuinely good company values attract good people to work there. Tries to encourage growth and self-ownership. Works hard to be a middle ground between the no-pay hack startup and the big-bucks, soulless giant company cultures.
Cons: Being a 'fun' and 'unique' company is used to excuse everything from missing infrastructure to byzantine advancement paths to low salary growth. An environment that makes good managers lackluster and bad managers thrive. Product is as fragmented as internal processes, which is a lot.
- 5.0Location, Balance, Learning OppsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 25, 2017Pros: Great location, great work-life balance (might depend on team/specialization). Lots of opportunities to learn and move around within the company (deputyships).Cons: Possibly slightly below average on perks and compensation relative to other companies.
- 5.0Great place to build software engineering knowledge and connectionsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 25, 2021Pros: Uses both latest and old technologies for web programming, so you learn a lot.Cons: The type of work opportunities you have can widely vary depending on what team you are in.
- 3.0A random grab bag of the best and worst parts of Silicon ValleySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 28, 2021Pros: Loves hiring new grads. Has embraced the new reality of remote work. Genuinely good company values attract good people to work there. Tries to encourage growth and self-ownership. Works hard to be a middle ground between the no-pay hack startup and the big-bucks, soulless giant company cultures.Cons: Being a 'fun' and 'unique' company is used to excuse everything from missing infrastructure to byzantine advancement paths to low salary growth. An environment that makes good managers lackluster and bad managers thrive. Product is as fragmented as internal processes, which is a lot.
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