Software Engineering Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Referred by a friend. Got a coding challenge that was easy, time limit of 15 minutes. Then a Skype interview with an engineer. Went well, I thought, but I got rejected so ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
Questions
Why do you wanna work at Yelp? What might make a website slow? And then a question about dictionaries and list manipulation, lots of runtime questions about the methods I wrote.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineering role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineering interview process in San Francisco, California.
Yelp Work Experiences
- 4.0Software Engineer IC3Software Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, ONNovember 26, 2025Pros: Work in general is pretty chill, good work life balanceCons: Pay is relatively lower than other bigger companies
- 3.0interesting place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandOctober 31, 2025Pros: full remote work life balanceCons: recent pay cuts lack of vision
- 4.0Awesome culture, unimpressive paySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CAOctober 30, 2025Pros: Lots of great people. No toxicity. Excellent engineersCons: Pay isn't competitive Some toxic management
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