The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in May 2012
Interview
Applied directly Yelp after finding out about a recent opening for Software Engineers, e.g. Computer Science. One of the recruiters got back to me a day after and we'd arrange a phone interview for a week later. The interview was quite easy, with the recruiter (not an engineer) barking out mostly short answer Unix and basic data structure questions in true bullet-format style. Questions like "would it generally be better to run a binary search on a sorted array, or a linked list?" Study your Unix commands. It was certainly one of my easier interviews when I look back at it. I hesitated and actually changed some of my answers from correct to incorrect due to nervousness from a lack of interview experience. Come prepared and just know that Yelp isn't trying to trick you and you should get the nod for the second round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the Unix command you would use to highlight a specific method in your file?
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