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Yelp Mock Interview

To help you prepare for a Yelp job interview, here are 28 interview questions and answer examples.

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How do you feel artificial intelligence could further our business here at Yelp?

"Where I see artificial intelligence greatly impacting social media more in the future is through marketing and support from advertisers. In my current role, I've designed AI to spot popular search trends on our platform and this has enabled our sponsors to create creative and focused marketing campaigns to our users. If hired here at Yelp, I would love to continue this focus on AI seeking out popular trends with users."

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28 Yelp Interview Questions & Answers

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  • 1. How do you feel artificial intelligence could further our business here at Yelp?

  • 2. In Java, why shouldn't you use strings to store a password?

  • 3. What unique values can you bring to Yelp in your user experience design skills?

  • 4. Do you consider yourself stronger in C++, C#, Java, or Python?

  • 5. Do you have experience working with different CASE tools? If so, what do you have experience with?

  • 6. If hired here at Yelp to develop iOS and Android software, when would you use a fragment rather than an activity?

  • 7. If you can, please provide your thoughts on the function of managed object context in developing iOS apps and software.

  • 8. If you were confronted with a time where you wouldn't be able to meet a deadline here at Yelp, what steps would you take when you made that realization?

  • 9. Looking at our products and services, what do you think we do better at Yelp than any of our competitors?

  • 10. As you reflect back on your career to this point in your search for a new position, what would you say is your ideal work environment or culture?

  • 11. In SQL, how do you explain the differences between clustered and non-clustered indexes? Can you name a time that you used each?

  • 12. Give an example of a time that you used a universal design practice in your work as a UI or UX designer. Why was it important to do this?

  • 13. Do you have experience utilizing Bayesian networks in designing artificial intelligence?

  • 14. Who would you say inspires you?

  • 15. How do you stay organized and on track when working on multiple projects or duties at the same time?

  • 16. A huge part of our business here at Yelp is designing software for iOS. In this role, how would you steer away from retain cycles when using closures in Swift programming language?

  • 17. Talk about a time when things didn't go as planned on the job. What was the situation and what allowed your to persevere in that situation?

  • 18. What do you feel is one of the top issues that is faced by data engineers today?

  • 19. When do you consider a project to be finished?

  • 20. What SDLC models are you familiar in working with?

  • 21. What do you feel are the primary features and benefits of the Java programming language?

  • 22. If you were asked to review a colleague's code that they had written, what key things would you look for?

  • 23. What is one thing that really tests your patience when dealing with your coworkers?

  • 24. What data cleaning methods are you familiar with and comfortable using if hired for this role at Yelp?

  • 25. As a machine learning engineer, how do you avoid the curse of dimensionality in your designs?

  • 26. What software analysis and design tools do you have familiarity working with?

  • 27. In designing Android software, what is your experience using parcelable versus serializable within an app?

  • 28. What programming languages would you consider yourself fluent in?