Yelp

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

August 5, 2018

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Contacted by a recruiter online. Did a timed quiz online, and then had a phone screen. Didn't move forward with the job due to getting another job. Interviewer was nice; seemed like a good place to work.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 280 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive43%

Neutral44%

Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Yelp Interview Questions

Destination City

Easy

You are given a list of paths, where each path connects two cities. Find the destination city, which is the city that has a path coming in but no path going out.

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Filter Restaurants by Vegan-Friendly, Price and Distance

Medium

You're given a list of restaurants with their vegan-friendly status, price, and distance. Select the restaurants that match specified vegan, price, and distance criteria and return their IDs in sorted order.

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Course Schedule

Medium

Determine if it is possible to finish all courses given prerequisite relationships between them. Essentially, detect if a cycle exists in the course dependencies.

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