Process
Rejected after the first phone interview. This one was the "why Yelp" one and had a lot of CS trivia.
Questions are thoroughly covered on Glassdoor. Just look through and scrape as many trivia questions as possible.
Questions
Know your SQL and Unix commands. They'll expect you to be able to answer almost every question they throw at you.
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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
5.0
Great Wlb, Friendly People
Software Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
May 29, 2023
Pros: Work-life balance is good. People are friendly.
Cons: Google's review takes a big share of the market.
4.0
Working At Yelp
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
January 10, 2024
Pros: Friendly environment, good work-life balance.
Cons: The compensation is not super competitive.
4.0
A chill place to work
Software Engineer • Former Employee
July 15, 2022
Pros: Really take care about "people", not "delivery".
Seldom to be asked to deliver something/product.
Very clear promotion track: collect enough "points" and get promotion. Every quarter, the manager will plan what points you want to increase in the next quarter and set some checkpoints in the middle of the quarter. No surprises.
Communication is very nice.
Infra team and other teams are really cooperative! They answer questions super fast and are happy to answer. Most discussion is in Slack. Slack lover! If you like to use Slack to communicate instead of email, it is a good place to work.
Cons: The salary is super below other companies. Even though we have a big user base, it is hard to convert to money, which makes the salary not competitive.
- 5.0Great Wlb, Friendly PeopleSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomMay 29, 2023Pros: Work-life balance is good. People are friendly.Cons: Google's review takes a big share of the market.
- 4.0Working At YelpSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaJanuary 10, 2024Pros: Friendly environment, good work-life balance.Cons: The compensation is not super competitive.
- 4.0A chill place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeJuly 15, 2022Pros: Really take care about "people", not "delivery". Seldom to be asked to deliver something/product. Very clear promotion track: collect enough "points" and get promotion. Every quarter, the manager will plan what points you want to increase in the next quarter and set some checkpoints in the middle of the quarter. No surprises. Communication is very nice. Infra team and other teams are really cooperative! They answer questions super fast and are happy to answer. Most discussion is in Slack. Slack lover! If you like to use Slack to communicate instead of email, it is a good place to work.Cons: The salary is super below other companies. Even though we have a big user base, it is hard to convert to money, which makes the salary not competitive.
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