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      Software Engineer Interview

      2 Oct 2014
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA)

      Interview

      I applied through their website and was contacted by one of their recruiters. The standard questions (found in other reviews but also a couple specific to my field) were quickly asked, it sounded like he had more questions but since I answered them easily he organised the next phone interview. I had 2-3 phone interviews, they were all about medium difficulty, nothing super hard but did require a bit of thinking. I then did an on-site, a nice small tour of the office and then 4x45min interview sessions. They all started off asking me about my experience, a bunch of questions specific to my area and then into the white board exercises. The whiteboard exercises were about medium to hard difficulty, some relatively straight forward, others did require more thought. I had been going through a lot of online questions (elitecoder, etc.) and also had done a couple of other interviews which asked very similar questions, so that helped a lot. Everyone was super nice and friendly.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I was talking about how Yelp wasn't that big in another country, I got asked 'Why do you think it isn't big and what would you do to improve adoption?'. Threw me for a bit in a software engineering interview.
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      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Yelp

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      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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