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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 25, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied to Yelp after speaking with a representative at a college career fair.

My initial interview was a 15-minute session where the recruiter asked me a series of computer science questions covering various topics. These should be basic if you have taken any CS courses in college.

I then moved on to the technical interview, where I was asked a few questions, such as "Why are some websites slow?", before completing a coding problem. The coding problem wasn't extremely difficult; it involved being given a number of nodes and edges and writing a method to generate a random graph.

Unfortunately, I didn't perform well enough to impress my interviewer, as I did not advance further after that interview.

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

9%
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.

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