Yelp General Intern Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 35 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Yelp.
Yelp
Intern
Intern Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
So I submitted my resume after a recruiter came to my school. Then I had a pretty easy coding challenge. After that, I had a 60-minute phone screen where they asked me some technical questions about my project, and I was a bit confused about what they were asking. Next, I did a coding exercise on coderpad about string permutations. Scheduling was really slow and annoying, and the interviewer seemed unenthusiastic about Yelp, saying it was just the first place that hired them.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you tell me about the databases you've used in your project and how you handled communication between the backend and frontend?
- What was your motivation for joining Yelp?
- Could you elaborate on the databases you used in your project and your approach to frontend-backend communication?
Yelp
Intern
Intern Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
It started with a quick phone screen with HR, then a short coding challenge. After that, there was a 45-minute Skype technical interview with an engineer. Then, two more 45-minute Skype technical interviews back-to-back with two other engineers. The recruiter was super quick to get back to me and answer any questions I had. The whole process was pretty easy and I had a good experience. The Skype interviews had some decent questions, though I'm not sure the coding challenge (especially the 12 random questions) was that helpful.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- For the coding challenge, there were about a dozen miscellaneous CS questions like asking what data structure you'd use for binary search: a sorted array or a linked list, and what the base-10 value of the largest 32-bit unsigned integer is.
- This was followed by being asked to sort a list of restaurant ID-rating pairs by rating.
- For the first round, the task was to implement a mini 'search engine,' basically associating basic user queries with restaurants that matched the query in their name or description.
Yelp
Intern
Intern Average Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding
I first met the recruiters at a career fair and handed them my resume. After a few months, they reached out to set up an interview. The interview itself was conducted over Skype, and I was asked to write code in an online editor. The interviewer was really nice and friendly. They started by asking me about a project I had worked on, and then they gave me a coding question to solve.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- What projects have you worked on?
- Can you code this question?
Yelp General Intern Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Yelp interview reports.
“Could you write a function that returns the next Fibonacci number in the sequence when it's called?”
Read reports →“Could you write a function to print a large 'X' using asterisks, based on a given width?”
Read reports →“Given a list of time intervals, can you write a function to merge any intervals that overlap?”
Read reports →“Could you write a queue data structure that also keeps track of the minimum value within it?”
Read reports →“Can you explain specific UNIX command-line inputs and their functions?”
Read report →“Tell me about your favorite bar or restaurant in Nashville.”
Read report →“How would you sort restaurants?”
Read report →“What aspects of Yelp appeal to you?”
Read report →“Can you give me a sales pitch for Yelp for a company seeking advertising services?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 35 Yelp interview reports.