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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

July 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

  1. HR Interview (Phone)

Interpersonal questions, such as "Why do you want to work for the company?" The interviewer was very nice and easygoing. At the end, she mentioned that I would move on to the coding challenge.

  1. Coding Challenge (Online)

Extremely similar questions to those previously mentioned on Glassdoor. It is timed (approximately 15 minutes), so there is not enough time to Google all the questions and answer the 10 questions. There might be just enough time to Google a couple you are not familiar with.

  1. First Technical Interview (Skype)

Straightforward questions regarding Database Architecture (SQL), as I have worked with databases in the past. Questions were tailored to designing a database for Yelp, involving Database Normalization, SQL Injection, and so on.

  1. Second Technical Interview (Skype)

Many algorithm questions. If you have practiced with "Cracking the Coding Interview" (CTCI), you should be fine. I was given the choice of language, and I chose Python. They are very familiar with Python, so be honest if you don't know an answer rather than trying to bluff. The code was written on an online shared coding platform.

Everyone was extremely nice, and it was a very pleasant interview experience. The whole process took about 10 days.

Questions

I asked a question about how to flag out Yelp reviews that post links or advertisements in them.

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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.

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