Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
I was asked to complete a 15-minute coding challenge on HackerRank. The challenge was quite difficult due to the time constraints. I would recommend taking the time to practice challenges on HackerRank.
Questions
In an array of arrays of colors, count the number of each color and return an array with the color that appears most often.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineer (Internship) role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in San Francisco, California.
Yelp Work Experiences
- 4.0Awesome culture, unimpressive paySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 30, 2025Pros: Lots of great people. No toxicity. Excellent engineers.Cons: Pay isn't competitive. Some toxic management.
- 4.0happy workplace in the worldMachine Learning Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 24, 2025Pros: - Stock price is stable; don't need to worry about joining when the stock price is high. - Super friendly workplace and culture; no one will blame you if you make a mistake. - Cross-team collaboration is super amazing; every team is helpful in answering any questions. - My top one company for a helpful, cooperative culture. - Bottom-up culture; you will have big room to try any idea but need to convince the PM.Cons: The salary is low and the stock has not changed over 10 years.
- 5.0Great People, Slow GrowthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 5, 2025Pros: Good work-life balance. People are really good. I love working here.Cons: Slow career growth, even when asked.
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