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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I applied online in the begin of the semester and got the reply one and a half month later. It was a phone interview asking about the basic questions about Linux and computer network and other related areas. It lasted for 10 mins and I was informed to move on to the next step which will be a skype interview with a software engineer.
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