Yelp

Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 30, 2016

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I registered online for the career fair in September. First, I received an online assignment. It was an easy task, and I had 15 minutes to finish it. Then, an HR representative replied to me and arranged a Skype interview. It was a 45-minute interview. In the interview, the interviewer first talked about what he does and then went through my resume. He then asked me some questions about C++ and Python.

Questions

Difference between C++ and Python.

Dynamic and static typing.

A programming problem about webpages links. It is similar to a graph problem. Given two vertices in a directed graph, find whether there is a path from one to the other.

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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.

Yelp Work Experiences

Good Balance, Low Pay

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great work-life balance. Coworkers are nice. Company cares about diversity.

Cons: Pay is far from competitive. Laid off 1/3 of the company during the COVID pandemic. Doesn't push the envelope; there is no room for innovation. Engineering management is too inexperienced. PMs, Designers, and Engineers don't stay here long.

Good Balance, Low Pay

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great work-life balance. Coworkers are nice. Company cares about diversity.

Cons: Pay is far from competitive. Laid off 1/3 of the company during the COVID pandemic. Doesn't push the envelope; there is no room for innovation. Engineering management is too inexperienced. PMs, Designers, and Engineers don't stay here long.

Great place to work, but projects can be a little stale with low impact

Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 25, 2022

Pros: - Great benefits packages - Competitive pay - Great on the resume

Cons: - Low impact work - Coworkers can be a little passive-aggressive sometimes.

Great place to work, but projects can be a little stale with low impact

Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 25, 2022

Pros: - Great benefits packages - Competitive pay - Great on the resume

Cons: - Low impact work - Coworkers can be a little passive-aggressive sometimes.

Removal office is a pity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Great people are still here, although not a lot are left.

Cons: Yelp used to have a great in-office culture. I’m sad that that’s gone now.

Removal office is a pity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Great people are still here, although not a lot are left.

Cons: Yelp used to have a great in-office culture. I’m sad that that’s gone now.

Good Balance, Low Pay

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great work-life balance. Coworkers are nice. Company cares about diversity.

Cons: Pay is far from competitive. Laid off 1/3 of the company during the COVID pandemic. Doesn't push the envelope; there is no room for innovation. Engineering management is too inexperienced. PMs, Designers, and Engineers don't stay here long.

3.0
Good Balance, Low Pay
Software Engineer • Former Employee
July 14, 2022
Pros: Great work-life balance. Coworkers are nice. Company cares about diversity.
Cons: Pay is far from competitive. Laid off 1/3 of the company during the COVID pandemic. Doesn't push the envelope; there is no room for innovation. Engineering management is too inexperienced. PMs, Designers, and Engineers don't stay here long.

Great place to work, but projects can be a little stale with low impact

Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 25, 2022

Pros: - Great benefits packages - Competitive pay - Great on the resume

Cons: - Low impact work - Coworkers can be a little passive-aggressive sometimes.

4.0
Great place to work, but projects can be a little stale with low impact
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 25, 2022
Pros: - Great benefits packages - Competitive pay - Great on the resume
Cons: - Low impact work - Coworkers can be a little passive-aggressive sometimes.

Removal office is a pity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Great people are still here, although not a lot are left.

Cons: Yelp used to have a great in-office culture. I’m sad that that’s gone now.

3.0
Removal office is a pity
Software Engineer • Current Employee
March 25, 2024
Pros: Great people are still here, although not a lot are left.
Cons: Yelp used to have a great in-office culture. I’m sad that that’s gone now.

Yelp Interview Questions

Destination City

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.

ArraysStringsGraphs

Course Schedule

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

GraphsRecursion

Filter Restaurants by Vegan-Friendly, Price and Distance

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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