I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp in Aug 2015
Interview
Overall it was a waste of time for me. First phone call with recruiter where they asked the standard 15 questions..I am glad I looked it up because I do not remember the full form of SSH!
Skype interview was rescheduled 2 times from their end, once just 30 mins before the interview..Skype didnt work well so ended up doing it on phone.
Interviewer asked a LOT of questions about databases..why is it slow? how do you make it fast etc..and I tried to answer as best as I could
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Anagram question..I implemented the std answer using hashtable..Interviewer said he didn't care about space complexity and asked me to come up with another answer. I implemented a solution using 26*n char count array ..he seemed happy..but i didnt get an onsite
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.
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They are all questions relating to yelps business (review scores, user tracking, etc.)
I applied online. I interviewed at Yelp in Sept 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.
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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.
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why do you use Flink, why do you use Kafka? Can you give a more detailed explanation?