I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in May 2012
Interview
First round had a set of very simple questions to answer on the phone (like others here have said). Additionally, I was asked what was mutable/immutable among tuples, dictionaries, lists. The second round was a Skype interview with one of the engineers. It began with some brief questions about the resume, questions about projects, preferred programming languages. This was followed by a series of questions touching various subjects and concluded with a programming assignment. Remember to check your code very carefully to avoid bugs as you may tend to get nervous about time running out.
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Questions: memory management (implementation of a garbage collector), compilation of Python code, what happens when a URL is typed into the browser, what can be done to speed up a select query, a couple of other questions I'm having difficult recollecting and a coding assignment towards the end.
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