Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
January 1, 2017
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview process was conducted over a Skype video call. It was very standard and what many people would describe as normal—nothing out of the ordinary. They asked me to determine if a string is a palindrome or not, a question I'm sure many people have encountered before.
Questions
Determine if a string is a palindrome.
Was this helpful?
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
Quality developer environment
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
May 14, 2019
Pros: Work-life balance is ridiculously good.
Swapping between teams/orgs is not hard.
Everyone is very friendly and willing to help; I can't find any toxic people.
Cons: Pay is great, but not top.
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.
4.0
Great place to start
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 22, 2022
Pros: Engineering stack and infrastructure use largely up-to-date and open-source technology — transferable knowledge.
Cons: Most things are already built, so interesting projects are rarer.
- 5.0Quality developer environmentSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 14, 2019Pros: Work-life balance is ridiculously good. Swapping between teams/orgs is not hard. Everyone is very friendly and willing to help; I can't find any toxic people.Cons: Pay is great, but not top.
- 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.
- 4.0Great place to startSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 22, 2022Pros: Engineering stack and infrastructure use largely up-to-date and open-source technology — transferable knowledge.Cons: Most things are already built, so interesting projects are rarer.
Yelp Interview Questions
Explore Interview QuestionsTaro 75Google Interview QuestionsMeta Interview QuestionsAmazon Interview QuestionsApple Interview QuestionsNetflix Interview Questions
Explore Interview ExperiencesOpenAI Interview ExperiencesAnthropic Interview ExperiencesPerplexity Interview ExperiencesWindsurf Interview ExperiencesMistral AI Interview Experiences
