Software Engineer 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 318 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 according to 318 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 46%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Yelp in Mar 2018
Interview
Applied online. Got a reply within 2 weeks. They sent me a HR test which was 15 minutes long. I attempted it after 1 month. Then got a reply saying they wanted to talk. So a background check interview. After which a technical interview.
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Question 1
HR test was simple but can be tough if you are not used to thinking fast. Technical Interview was mildly difficult in which they asked me about how the problems I face are worked are solved. Then asked the following:
Suppose you have a long list of URLs that you have to crawl to find out phone numbers, what algorithm will you use, how would you scale/distribute it, store the results etc.
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