I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp in June 2015
Interview
I applied online. I had two interview. First was HR person not technical at all then second one was one of the developer in the team where i was applied for. There did not continue for next interview as i failed second one. Both interview was on Skype. There were 20 minutes live coding session on CoderPad.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is maximum value of unsigned integer in 32 system. 2. Which one is better if you have sorted array Binary search tree or linked list 3. How many bytes are there in 64-bit 4. What is a time complexity of binary search tree in sorted array 5. What is time complexity of linked list for worst case scenario 6. What is the difference between process and threads 7. What is ARC stands for 8. What is view controller doing 9. What is difference between protocol and delegate in objective-c 10. What is you round corner of UIView 11. What is a singleton class, how do you create one 12. What is a category in objective-c? can you add store property to category? 13. What is Blocks in objective-c and how does it work? 14. Live coding session on CoderPad the coding question was not practical one. It has c syntax while i know objective c. It was so simple but very difficult to understand and solve.
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.
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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.
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Question 1
Walk us through one project you have done, and some of the challenges you encountered while working on this project