May 13, 2021 by Srujan Barai

Talk Summary: Preparing for interviews is not easy and remote interviews during this pandemic makes it even trickier. Drawing from my personal experiences, I’ll discuss what things you should take care of while preparing for these interviews such that you can showcase your skills and talent confidently even when you’re interviewing remotely. As someone who has done a lot of mobile app development interviews, I will also discuss how you can prepare for these mobile app development interviews if you’re a new graduate and have no experience in Android/iOS development.

Speaker: Srujan Barai, San Francisco

Srujan is an Android developer on the SearchUX team at Yelp who enjoys brainstorming feature ideas and making them a reality. He is very passionate about and active in mentorship programs happening at Yelp as he believes such programs helps him think form different perspectives. One of his favorite things to in his regular work is solving intricate bugs.

Moderator: Emily Keller, Montreal

Emily was hired at Yelp as the first technical recruiter in Montreal with a mission to grow our engineering teams in Canada. Prior to Yelp, she has around 5 years in technical recruitment working in the e-commerce and data security space. Emily is a graduate from Concordia and Mcgill University with both a Psychology and Human Resources degree. Her expertise is in technical recruitment with an inclusion and diversity mindset embedded in every step. Through it all, she believes in the importance of human connections with an aim to always focus on great candidate experiences that make people feel like they can be their authentic selves!

About Yelping From Home:

Yelp’s mission is to connect people with great local businesses, and two of the teams working behind the scenes to make that happen are our five star engineering and product teams.

Playing an active role in our community is a value that we have strongly prioritized over the years. Typically we would invite you to come to Yelp’s HQ to network, grab a slice of ‘za, and learn about the technology and culture behind Yelp. With stay-at-home orders across the globe, Yelp (like many of you) has had no choice but to adapt to these changes. We understand that this is a strange and challenging time for many, so we’d like to invite you to join us as we navigate this new normal for the tech community together.

To stay connected, create space for folks to collaborate and share some of the things Yelp has been working on, we are launching our very own virtual tech talk series. This series of talks will feature Yelpers from engineering and product and will focus on themes such as career development, technical skills, workplace challenges and Yelp’s response to COVID-19.