I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
One of the best Interviews I’ve ever had. FAANG interviews can get crazy and in my experience they can be summarized as an asocial engineer in a hoodie coming in and asking you a Leetcode Hard. But the Yelp engineers were very sociable, friendly, and asked you the kind of questions that get a good gauge of your technical skills and make you want to work there.
Only reason I passed it up was because I did not want to leave my partner in Seattle, needed more PTO, and due to CoL adjustment for SF. If you’re already in SF or know you want to move there, I would whole-heartedly recommend Yelp.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Stick with Leetcode mediums and system design, but realize they don’t put much emphasis on complexity and more on practicality of your code.
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
