I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
They came to our school, so I had an on-campus screening interview followed by a final round interview consisting of 4 people x 45minutes of technical questions.
First round question was straight out of CTCI, final round questions were medium-level LeetCode problems: one OOD, two involving sorting or hashmap, one problem solvable using a Trie. You are given the choice of either using the whiteboard or coding in an environment of your choice on your laptop.
Interviewers were all super friendly, recruiter gave a tour of their HQ at the beginning of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a sequence of words, print all anagrams together (3.3 on geeks for geeks)
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
