I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Yelp (Toronto, ON) in May 2026
Interview
Recruiter email -> take home coding -> second recruiter call for job fit -> technical project deep dive with engjneer -> 4 hour onsite interview of two coding rounds, one system design, and behavioural.
It was very slow, I initially got told the role had been filled up prior to the technical onsite and then a few weeks later was called back to do final round for a new open position. The interview was good, and the leetcode questions were easy - medium leetcode. Overall the process could’ve been better with organization and communication especially from the recruiters
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
Process is pretty straight forward, typical SRE interview. Had 3 or 4 rounds of engineering interviews. The initial round was a phone interview, then they fly you to SFO for on-site interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic linux questions based on commands. Some network protocol questions.
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp in July 2021
Interview
The recruiter was highly abusive, constantly received implications linked with my current employee which helped me to understand the processes set up by them.
The interview process was pre-concluded in order to contribute to a bullying campaing.
False information around Tier2 was given as well.
No actionable feedback given despite the ask.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Possible easy/average programming task, highly interrupted process and set up for failure despite the ease of the task.