I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
Yelp has a long process. A trivia quiz from the recruiter, an assignment, a phone screen, and an onsite panel. In the onsite panel interviews, I was asked some of the usual data-structures and algorithms questions, but unlike companies like Google and Airbnb, Yelp actually asked questions about my past experience, as well as system-design questions, and why I'm interested in working there! I think this makes for a much more effective engineering workforce. Of course you want to hire people that can code an algorithm, but you also want to hire for many other important programming / workplace skills.
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Question 1
Won't go into details, but the questions ranged from classic algorithm implementations, to knowledge specific to the experience I claimed on my resume, as well as culture-fit questions.
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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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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Walk us through one project you have done, and some of the challenges you encountered while working on this project