The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Yelp in June 2012
Interview
Phone screen followed by two technical interviews over skype, and a coding assignment that needs to be submitted with unit tests. Brush up on your data structures and text processing skills.
Fairly challenging questions that mostly focussed on technical ability rather than any really domain specific knowledge. The code assignment was fun and the engineers were easy going and good to talk to.
No feedback on reason for rejection which isn't the most helpful of things, but a decent experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you change the yelp site, feature suggestions, etc.
Leetcode style interview online via link, then a 1 on 1 technical interview with a lead developer also online where you can ask questions about the role and working at yelp, later more in depth technical tests and finally references and psicological tests.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about the project you are the most proud of, why do you want to work at yelp
Very intense. 4 back to back 45 minute interviews. One behaviour and four technical interviews.
Nice people but got the vibe everyone was happy with the work as it wasn’t too challenging.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Yelp (Toronto, ON) in May 2025
Interview
Around 3 different rounds with a mix of behavioural and technical. Last round features on-site which lasts the whole day, where there are 2 dsa rounds, 1 system design round and 1 recruiter round to end the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk us through one project you have done, and some of the challenges you encountered while working on this project