Process
I applied online. The recruiter contacted me after three months for a different role; I had applied for a summer internship and she contacted me for a fall internship.
We arranged a phone call, and she asked me a lot of behavioral questions.
Questions
Just study these for the recruiter interview :)
With love <3
Behavioral:
- Why Yelp?
- Why would we hire you?
- If you could do anything at Yelp, what would you do?
- Yelp throws a Hackathon 3 or 4 times a year. What would you submit?
- What is the most difficult project that you've worked on?
- What is your ideal work environment?
- What's your favorite programming language? Why?
- What are some disadvantages of that language?
Technical:
- What does SSL stand for? Explain what it does.
- Maximum value of an unsigned integer?
- Number of bits in an octal?
- How to retrieve a row from a table in SQL?
- SQL command to move a row in a table?
- Protocol used to transfer messages in HTTP applications?
- Port number for HTTP?
- Performance of a binary tree if implemented through an array or linked list?
- Which of the following describes an inner join? (e.g., A intersection B, A Union B, etc.)
- Which signal does Linux use to kill a process?
- What's the difference between TCP and UDP?
- Explain in detail the steps/processes that occur from the moment you type a URL in a browser and hit enter.
- Time complexity of adding elements to a linked list?
- What does HTML stand for?
- What is SSH?
- How many bytes are in an integer?
- How many bits are in an integer?
- What is the command for viewing memory management information in Linux?
- What are the best and worst-case time complexities for a hash table?
- How many bytes does a 32-bit operating system work with?
- What is the time complexity of searching in a linked list?
- What is DNS?
- What is SQL?
- Some commands in Linux (grep, kill).
- What is TCP?
- Time complexity of binary search?
- How would you find a method in a file?
- How would you find whether a remote computer is online or not?
- How does the domain name map to an IP address?
- How many bits in a short?
- How to delete rows in an SQL table?
- What are HTTP GET/POST/PUT requests?
- How do cookies work?
- What is HTTPS?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Yelp Software Engineering role in Egypt.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in Egypt is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive0%
Neutral0%
Negative100%
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Yelp's Software Engineering interview process in Egypt.
Yelp Work Experiences
4.0
Awesome company to work for
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 24, 2019
Pros: Cutting-edge technologies
A lot of teams with various types of problems
Corporate culture
Awesome coworkers
Office in SF downtown
Cons: Pay is a bit low (especially if you live in SF).
Medical benefits could be better (especially dental).
4.0
Strong effort to make belonging a reality
Software Engineer III • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 18, 2025
Pros: The company genuinely cares about being inclusive.
There are many excellent engineers to work with.
There are real opportunities for growth.
There is decent compensation and benefits.
Cons: If your manager doesn’t like you, it can be difficult for your efforts to be seen.
After reaching IC3 or IC4, it becomes hard to be promoted further because the projects that you need to accomplish to prove you meet that level are hard to find.
4.0
Overall Good Experience
Software Engineer • Former Employee
January 18, 2021
Pros: Fun culture, free food, good money.
Cons: Wish they had better benefits.
- 4.0Awesome company to work forSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 24, 2019Pros: Cutting-edge technologies A lot of teams with various types of problems Corporate culture Awesome coworkers Office in SF downtownCons: Pay is a bit low (especially if you live in SF). Medical benefits could be better (especially dental).
- 4.0Strong effort to make belonging a realitySoftware Engineer III • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaJune 18, 2025Pros: The company genuinely cares about being inclusive. There are many excellent engineers to work with. There are real opportunities for growth. There is decent compensation and benefits.Cons: If your manager doesn’t like you, it can be difficult for your efforts to be seen. After reaching IC3 or IC4, it becomes hard to be promoted further because the projects that you need to accomplish to prove you meet that level are hard to find.
- 4.0Overall Good ExperienceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeJanuary 18, 2021Pros: Fun culture, free food, good money.Cons: Wish they had better benefits.
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