Yelp Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – HR call lasted 20 mins. Asked a few technical questions like.
1. size of unsigned integer
2.http port no.?
3.ssl full form?
4.your favorite programming language?
5. Why do you want to work for us?
and a few more questions found here at glassdoor.

Have skype interview with engineer next.

Interview Details – First a recruiter ask some behavior question, like why yelp, three things you care most when you are choosing a job. She also asked a lot one sentence technical questions, you can find them all here in the reviews.

Followed two phone interviews with engineers.
A load balancer, given [(a, 1), (b, 1), (c, 8)], a, b, c means the machine, 1, 1, 8 means 1/(1+1+8) probability returns a, 8/(1+1+8) probability return c, write code to implement the balancer. How would you test it?

Interview Details – Phone, then Skype, then they select. Just be calm and speak attractively (no uhms, ehhh, err, etc). They want to know you have a good "phone voice" because the ability to speak well can't really be taught in their 1 month training. About the skype interviews, be a quick thinker. If they give you a scenario, just start blabbing immediately and improvise as you go along.

Reason for Declining – The pay is crap for a 60hr per week telemarketing job with a volatile work environment in Scottsdale. I mean, Scottsdale is really enough to make me turn it down. Thank GOD another offer came through at the last second.

Interview Details – First there's a phone interview, about 15 minutes long. Then there's one in-person or Skype interview depending on where you are/where your potential office is. It's an hour long, and you speak with 3 people. They aren't professional at all and they don't ask you questions about yourself. The interview consists mostly of role plays, and they interrupt you abruptly.

Interview Details – Met them at my schools career fair. Had two (or three) phone interviews before being flown out for an onsite. Recruiter was very friendly as was staff. Helped me despite my inexperience with interviewing (fresh out of college). Offer was received about two weeks after the onsite. References and background check were done first.

Negotiation Details – Negotiations were minimal. Unwilling or unable to match a competing offer that was better.

Interview Details – First round HR phone screen, shooting you a bunch of basic questions regarding OS, Database, Network. Then a 45 mins Skype interview with a engineer two days later, which includes a coding question and some questions related to Java, Linux and Android. Followed up is the onsite in San Francisco, with 4 rounds of 1:1 interview. Each round has only 1 coding question and some design questions. The overall interview process was not bad. But yelp is very stingy at hotel reservation (only 1 night) and reimbursement.

Interview Details – There was an initial phone interview which was a quick 20 min chat about the role, general personality and interest questions. Nothing technical, more of a feel out. On site: Everyone was very nice, young, and straight forward. Questions were more behavioral as I didn't have much sales background. I interviewed with 3 people- all managers. They were straight forward about the role- sales, cold calls, quotas, tenacity and persistence are def qualities they are seeking.

Negotiation Details – None.

Interview Details – Applied Online and had a simple 15 minute phone conversation about why I want to be with Yelp and why I chose a sales position. Just follow the advice in the email.

As stated from all the other reviews: there is a 3 part sales pitch role play.

1.) Get in touch with the owner of the business you are calling and set up the appointment to speak about Yelp.

Advice: Develop a rapport with the "receptionist" and business "owner". Ask Questions.

2.) Simple....sell yelp to a skeptical business owner.

Advice: Do not accept NO for an answer. This is a sales role and they are trying to break you, don't let them.

3.) Sell a product that you like.

Advice: Think of something that you recently purchased that you absolutely had to have and why you purchased that item compared to others. Again, do not accept NO.

Good luck!

Negotiation Details – No Negotiations

Interview Details – Horrible experience. San Francisco interviewers were unprofessional. I felt like the girl was interviewing to just to mock me. Really happy with the turnout, do not want to be a part of a company who belittles you. One interviewer was mean and rude throughout the process.