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      Software Engineer Interview

      28 Aug 2014
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp in July 2014

      Interview

      I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter to set up a phone screen. Thinking it was merely HR I didn't really expect any coding. The phone screen mainly involved why Yelp, about my background , etc. I was then given a coding challenge to be completed by the end of the day. Thankfully the coding challenge was really easy (FizzBizz) and I complete it a few minutes. I was then moved on to a Skype interview with a engineer. Coming from an Electrical Engineering background I didn't really know any SQL or much about web technologies. I was asked questions about these and I honestly told me I didn't know. Was again asked about why yelp etc, We moved on to a coding question about load balancing of servers and asked to implement various functions for it. I was extremely nervous after answering a string of questions with "I don't know". The interviewer was really nice and helpful and really tried to encourage me to get the right answers. I felt I had messed a really basic interview though surprisingly I was passed over to the next round. Next round was 2 back to back Skype interviews with an engineer and a manager. I managed to crack all the coding questions thrown at me, however I felt the engineer was impressed with me but not the manager. I was asked the same why Yelp, but also many other typical behavioral questions. I was also asked about Yelp products,how I think I should improve them, etc. I thought I did pretty well in the final rounds so was disappointed when I was rejected. Overall a good learning experience I guess. All the coding questions I was asked are repeats mentioned in the other reviews.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What issues do you Yelp has now? What new products should Yelp come out with?
      Answer question
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      Software Engineer Interview

      22 Oct 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Ciudad de Mexico
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Yelp (Ciudad de Mexico)

      Interview

      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
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      Software Engineer Interview

      21 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Yelp (London, England)

      Interview

      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.

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      Question 1

      Tell me about a project you’ve contributed on.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      19 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      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
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