Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
February 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I sent my resume via an employee I met via LinkedIn.
Two days later, I received a reply to plan a first interview.
I succeeded, and I received an email to plan two technical interviews via Skype.
- First with the technical HR director.
- Two with iOS engineers.
They were very friendly.
Questions
Why Yelp?
What is ARC (iOS)?
Write a function to compare two strings and return true if they are anagrams.
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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
Great Balance, Room For Growth
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 16, 2020
Pros: Very good work-life balance, good opportunity for advancement. Engineers have real power to advocate for changes or improvements.
Cons: Not the best benefits packages.
4.0
Open Workspace, Community, and Source
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
December 7, 2015
Pros: Pretty big use and contribution to the open-source community. Cool and interesting projects to work on. Lots of smart people. Chill work environment. In downtown San Fran. Healthy snacks.
Cons: Management, career and professional development, team organization.
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"
- 5.0Great Balance, Room For GrowthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 16, 2020Pros: Very good work-life balance, good opportunity for advancement. Engineers have real power to advocate for changes or improvements.Cons: Not the best benefits packages.
- 4.0Open Workspace, Community, and SourceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 7, 2015Pros: Pretty big use and contribution to the open-source community. Cool and interesting projects to work on. Lots of smart people. Chill work environment. In downtown San Fran. Healthy snacks.Cons: Management, career and professional development, team organization.
- 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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