I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Yelp in May 2011
Interview
I got an email fairly quickly from yelp, wanting to set up a phone interview. I wanted to get into the mobile development section of their software engineering team. The interviewer was a female, and she said that even though I was applying for the mobile developer position (iphone/idevice) that they had already hired people for that position, but continued the interview anyways saying that I might fit into one of their other departments (like back end server). She was friendly, and seemed to know what she was talking about, if not she had a very thorough piece of paper in front of her.
She said that they are completely unix/linux environment, so know your unix commands (I didn't which is probably why I was declined) She also said that they code primarily in python, so i would guess be prepared to know that. Since I am mainly a mobile application developer, I don't have much experience in python. She asked how you would find the number of lines in a file, or how to find the processing power of a particular program. Another question asked about how a domain name gets mapped to a server on the internet (didn't know that one either). The only reason that I rated the interview as difficult is more than likely due to my low level of skill in topics that are outside mobile development.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
How many bytes in a 32 bit operating system architecture?
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