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%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Yelp in Apr 2021
Interview
Extremely slow and unprofessional. It always felt like they were not interested from the start.
Interview process
- round 1: hacker rank
- round 2: live coding with engineer.
- round 3: 4 hour final round - 1 coding, 1 system design, 2 hr.
- The process was just too slow. It took 1.5 months to go through all 3 rounds. They would take 1-2 weeks to get back from each round and 1 week to just schedule the next.
- Extremely unprofessional recruiter. He set up meeting for prep call 3 days before the final round and never showed up. I emailed him to reschedule and he would not reply. Then he asked me to do the prep call on the day of final interviews which was too late. This meant I was going in blind in the final interviews and had a little bit of idea because of other glassdoor reviews.
- Interviewers were great! They were all attentive, involved and helpful. They asked good questions about my skills , background and enjoyed chatting with them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Map and list related questions.
- Leetcode easy and medium.
- All the questions are practical and related to the actual challenges they face at work.
- Nothing crazy in coding and all the interviewers were attentive, helpful and fun to talk with.
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