I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Yelp
Interview
Applied to Yelp after talking to a representative at a college career fair. I had a 15-minute interview where the recruiter asked me a series of computer science questions (various topics but they should be basic if you took any CS courses in college). I moved on to the technical interview, and I was asked a few questions (i.e., why are some websites slow?) before doing a coding problem. The coding problem wasn't extremely difficult (given a number of nodes and a number of edges, write a method to generate a random graph), and I guess I didn't do well enough to impress my interviewer, since I didn't move on after the 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
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
