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Yelp interviews FAQs
Back End Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Yelp with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Back End Developer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 Back End Developer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2021
Interview
It's a good interview process. I felt welcomed and it was an enjoyable process. It's a well-built interview that you can clearly see the skills they are looking for and how they help Yelp. My one issue is that they can take a while to get back to you between interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They are all questions relating to yelps business (review scores, user tracking, etc.)
I applied online. I interviewed at Yelp in Sep 2020
Interview
As far as I went, first step was taking a coding assessment of 30 minutes. It was not too challenging but the problem was about Yelp's actual daily topics which made it more interesting. Then there was a prescreen interview which was well arranged and gave a lots of insights about the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Challenging situations I've faced lately.
Reason of applying for Yelp.
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2019
Interview
Five mins for introduction; 5 mins to ask about big data pipeline in my resume: why use Flink, why use Kafka. 30 mins to finish 2 algorithm questions. The algorithm questions are not so complicated, but I was asked many complexity analysis questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why do you use Flink, why do you use Kafka? Can you give a more detailed explanation?