I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp
Interview
Had to solve a 15 minutes coding challenge on HackerRank. I made a series of stupid mistakes...including writing my own sorting algorithm that meant that I could not solve it. (First technical interview question)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically had to find the sort the keys of a dictionary and print the key, value pair in this order.
Having the video interview after finished the online assessment a week ago. Did the introduction and behavior questions in the first fifteen minutes. No backend and network-related questions. After that, had a coding test for forty minutes. Last five minutes for asking questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online Assessment: 15 min coding challenge, around Leetcode easy difficulty.
Video Interview: Behavior questions and coding test: implement a queue with several functionalities.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp
Interview
The first step was a very easy coding challenge via Hackerrank. The next step was quick chat via Skype with technical recruiter about my background, opportunities in the company and such non-technical related things. In the third step, there was a technical interview with two quite easy task, which required only knowledge of basic data structures.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simple implementation task, requiring the use of sets and maps.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Yelp in Oct 2019
Interview
Brief chat about prior experience, they criticized my lack of big tech experience. Seems they have a very narrow view of what a good candidate can or might be. Didn't get a second read
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Yelp with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 39 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Yelp overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Yelp as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 39 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
Presentation: 32%
One on one interview: 18%
Drug test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Skills test: 2%
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