Yelp

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

October 20, 2017

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first round was a 45-minute interview with an engineer. I was asked about data structures.

The last round consisted of two 45-minute interviews back-to-back with an engineering manager and an engineer. The engineering manager asked questions very similar to those found on this site and also included some technical components.

All interviews used an online coding website.

Questions

What happens when you click Enter on a website.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 27 interview experiences for the Yelp Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

26%

Pass Rate

Yelp's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive52%

Neutral30%

Negative19%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yelp's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Yelp Work Experiences

Smart Team, No Crazy Hours

Software Engineer - New Graduate • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

February 2, 2022

Pros: Great company to work for. No crazy hours or deadlines. Smart, mostly egoless.

Cons: The pay is too good?!

Smart Team, No Crazy Hours

Software Engineer - New Graduate • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

February 2, 2022

Pros: Great company to work for. No crazy hours or deadlines. Smart, mostly egoless.

Cons: The pay is too good?!

Remote Work, Poor Management

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

January 16, 2023

Pros: Remote, good work-life balance.

Cons: Several teams I know have managers that tend to micromanage, and the teams are not that efficient overall due to weak management.

Remote Work, Poor Management

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

January 16, 2023

Pros: Remote, good work-life balance.

Cons: Several teams I know have managers that tend to micromanage, and the teams are not that efficient overall due to weak management.

Strong effort to make belonging a reality

Software Engineer III • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Strong effort to make belonging a reality

Software Engineer III • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Smart Team, No Crazy Hours

Software Engineer - New Graduate • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

February 2, 2022

Pros: Great company to work for. No crazy hours or deadlines. Smart, mostly egoless.

Cons: The pay is too good?!

5.0
Smart Team, No Crazy Hours
Software Engineer - New Graduate • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
February 2, 2022
Pros: Great company to work for. No crazy hours or deadlines. Smart, mostly egoless.
Cons: The pay is too good?!

Remote Work, Poor Management

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

January 16, 2023

Pros: Remote, good work-life balance.

Cons: Several teams I know have managers that tend to micromanage, and the teams are not that efficient overall due to weak management.

3.0
Remote Work, Poor Management
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
January 16, 2023
Pros: Remote, good work-life balance.
Cons: Several teams I know have managers that tend to micromanage, and the teams are not that efficient overall due to weak management.

Strong effort to make belonging a reality

Software Engineer III • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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
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.

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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