I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yext in Feb 2025
Interview
The interview process was clear and streamlined. It began with an initial screening by HR, followed by interviews with the hiring manager, a product manager, the engineering team, and concluded with a final interview with the VP of Design
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In Round 1 of my virtual F2F interview on Google Meet (1 hour), the session was split into coding and debugging. The coding question was based on graphs, where I had to work with a grid of 1’s and 0’s, with 1 representing bomb cells. Given a source cell, I had to detonate all connected cells using an approach similar to the Flood Fill algorithm and return the total count of detonated cells. In the debugging section, I was given code with multiple banking operation functions containing bugs. I analyzed and fixed most of them, and with the help of hints from the interviewer, I resolved the remaining issues as well. I successfully cleared this round. In Round 2 (2 hours), the format was similar. The coding part again involved a graph problem where I had to apply either DFS or BFS to solve a grid-based task, similar to the Flood Fill problem. The debugging task involved fixing bugs in the Game of Life simulation. Although I managed to fix a few issues, I couldn’t resolve all bugs within the given time, and the problem remained partially solved.
I had a great interview process with friendly interviewers. I interviewed for the New York office as a software engineer. The conversations/interviews were interesting and gave me a clear understanding of the role and company.
I applied online. I interviewed at Yext (Washington, DC) in Dec 2025
Interview
Recruiter screening asking about your resume/background, and interest in the company along with fit/role you are looking for. If you pass this, then you go into the first round where you have 1 hour for a debugging and coding problem (leetcode style) with an engineer on their team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For recruiter screening:
Explain your background/resume, what are your interests, why Yext?
First round:
(Debugging): Fixing a method call for a max-heap
(Coding): Graph problem about mines and the area they blew up, similar to Flood Fill
I applied online. I interviewed at Yext (Washington, DC) in Dec 2025
Interview
The recruiter reached out for first round, which is a phone call interview to learn about your background and interest in the role, and to share information about the role.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Yext with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 81.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 128 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Yext overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Yext as a Software Engineer according to 128 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 28%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 12%
Drug test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 0%
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