I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Yelp
Interview
Applied and process took 5 weeks. HR introductory interview where the interviewer asked a series of simple trivia style questions :
- UNIX command to search for a specific text through files in a directory.
- Binary search v/s linear search.
- DNS resolution.
etc...
Then a programming test to be done and submitted in any language.
Phone interview 1:
- Given a log file with 1 entry per line, find out the 10 most frequently appearing entries.
- What happens when you request a page to be loaded in your browser.
Phone interview 2:
- Some more typical interview programming questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All interviews had many UNIX specific trivia style questions which required knowledge of UNIX utilities and their options.
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 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.
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?
