I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp
Interview
The first one is a phone interview screen from HR for about 20min, asked a few basic questions: what does SSL stand for, what port is used for internet protocol, what transfer protocol does HTTP use, and some other question regarding time complexity and sql. Most questions are posted in previous posts.
The second one is a skype interview from an engineer for 45min, asked why choose yelp, what can you bring to yelp and a coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
coding question: find the longest palindrome substring
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
