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* Posted anonymously by interview candidates (updated Nov 20, 2009)

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Software Engineer at Yahoo!student candidate

Posted Nov 20, 2009

3.0
Average Interview
Overall Positive Experience Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)

The HR people treat you very well, and feed you lunch before interviews begin. Interviewers were nice, and the interviews on the whole was organized well.

2 phone interviews : simple data structures and some OS/DB problems
4 interviews on site: First one was C and Java..was asked to write code.
Interview 2: data structures: Tricky problems which were not completely defined were asked, keep prompting for more details if you think the details provided are not enough. No code, only algo.
Interview 3: Systems stuff -- OS, distributed systems, DB
Interview 4 was more like a general discussion on various topics, but officially a Software Engg interview

Interview Questions

A server receives time stamped packets. Applications may ask for data at any time. Explain a data structure you would use to ensure reasonable lookup time.
Multiple servers access same file on a file server, describe a method to ensure synchronization

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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UI Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Nov 15, 2009

3.0
Average Interview
Overall Neutral Experience Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2009 in Santa Monica, CA (took a day)

YHOO recruiter, then technical phone screen by UI engineer. Because I was remote, we did a panel interview over the phone and chat (for coding questions). Mostly PHP, and one javascript question. I got the sense if you really demonstrate you know the stuff, they ask you something else in the interview.

Interview Questions

How would you add an event to 10,000 links on the page?
Write a PHP function to sort a multi-dimensional array by keys, and print out an order html list.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.

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Software Development Engineer at Yahoo!student candidate

Posted Nov 12, 2009

2.0
Easy Interview
Overall Neutral Experience Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 days)

The hiring manager emailed me with the requirements and I was interested. I had two phone interviews followed by a in-person interview that lasted around 4 hours with 7 different people. Standard questions. Nothing out of the ordinary. People were very professional and courteous. Friendly and nice.

Interview Questions

None.. All questions were simple. Reverse a linked list, find a duplicate node in the linked list, etc

Negotiation Details

I did not negotiate though I think now, that one can negotiate upto 5% at least. What is the harm in asking?

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Nov 9, 2009

3.0
Average Interview
Overall Negative Experience Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Santa Clara, CA (took 3 weeks)

the phone interview was quite easy. Standard algorithm questions. Questions on threads, performance analysis of c++ processes on unix / linux systems and some c++ questions on pointers.

The 1:1 interview was little more theoretical on design patterns, and object orientation. I was also asked to design a class and asked to compare c++ v/s java. Other folks asked about my past experiences and how I solved some problems in the past (situational/behavioral).

Interview Questions

benefits of object orientation? Why object orientation? Expect very specific responses.
Design patterns - names of the specific patterns, and their abstraction and their higher level groupings, names etc.
Exception handling in C++, object splicing, and stack unwinding.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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Analyst at Yahoo!

Posted Nov 3, 2009

3.0
Average Interview
Overall Positive Experience Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)

Had a very good phone interview with the hiring manager. We talked about my previous finance experience and he seemed very pleased by it. Wasn't very technical. Then I had an in-person interview where I met with everyone on the team. The job would be considered a step backward for someone with my experience, so I had to try to convince them that I would be a good fit. I didn't do a very good job.

Interview Questions

What accomplishment are you most proud of in your life?

Other Details

I Applied Online.

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QA Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Oct 30, 2009

2.0
Easy Interview
Overall Positive Experience Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2007 (took 2 weeks)

The hiring manager called me asked general questions regarding my current experience , then started asking about some testing concepts. The a week later I was called for onsite interview, by 5 people I think. Each person will ask different area of questions like QA experience, Programming, Database, Linux skill. One interviewer came with the laptop and I could use his laptop to perform some basic web programming to demonstrate the QA areas. I was surprise I wasn't asked to do any programming demo live, it was all about concepts , methodologies.

Interview Questions

Why should we hire you?
Please describe about yourself

Negotiation Details

Tried to negotiate but the HR kept saying this is the max they could offer, I did not response to the offer for a while and there were no word from HR as well. In the end , decided to take it.

Other Details

I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.

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Senior Business Systems Analyst at Yahoo!

Posted Oct 23, 2009

2.0
Easy Interview
Overall Positive Experience Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2009 in New York, NY (took 3 weeks)

It was everything I thought it would be. Was a little suprised by the logic games, but they were meant to be fun and show team building etc. Submitted my resume by refferal internally. Got a call the next day for a screener. Followed a week later by a 30 min phone interview and another 30 min phone itnerview 3 days later. Then was invited for a round robin of 6 people 30 minutes each. All of them very professional and kind. The interview process was preatty seamless. However, they did'nt follow the schedule that was sent and I was thrown off a little but remained calm. Was then invited to phone interview with a Yahoo (thats what they are called) in London. Later received an email that they were pursuing other candidates. I beleive I did'nt have the SQL experience and web experience they were looking for. Was also told by an internal member the position was very hard to get and they had been interviewing alot of candidates. Would itnerview again in the future. Was a great experience overall.

Interview Questions

What would you do if you could'nt hold a clients hand but had to value them with respect?
The logic games were a bit odd.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

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Software QA Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Oct 9, 2009

3.0
Average Interview
Overall Neutral Experience Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 1 week)

the inverviewer was a technical hiring manager. Unfortunately, I was thinking the first phone interview should be a HR guy. Therefore, I am a little surprised when the guy started to throw technical questions on me.
The technical questions are not hard. It involves Selenium, Hudson, Test Framework, Interface and Localization.
I am a little nervous. So, did not perform very well. Should have more practice and preparation.

Interview Questions

what is your experience on Hudson

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Oct 3, 2009

3.0
Average Interview
Overall Positive Experience Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2009 (took 2 weeks)

The process started with an email from a Yahoo recruiter looking for software engineers, and while happy at my current job, I at least wanted to see what Yahoo had to offer. After the phone interview with a hiring manager and another developer that went well, they requested that I come out to Sunnyvale for an in person interview. They paid for everything, airfare, car rental, and a nice hotel. The interview lasted ~3.5 hours and I met with a development team and some other business people. The interview mostly consisted of white-board coding and a few questions about my experience.

Interview Questions

Please write a database abstraction layer using object oriented methods.
How would you find every node with a specific title in this XML structure not using XPath

Other Details

I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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Web Developer at Yahoo!

Posted Sep 23, 2009

4.0
Difficult Interview
Overall Neutral Experience Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2007 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)

My interview took all day long and exhausting. However, some people have been hired after interviews with a few people and finished within an hour.

Later I became a hiring manager and noticed that the process is depending on availability of interviewers and work schedules (or laziness).
Many interviewers do not have ability to judge technical skills (when hiring an engineer) so they simply see if they personally like the candidate or not.

Interview Questions

Very vague questions like "what is a DTD?". "what is a box model?"

Negotiation Details

Tell the HR that you have gotten another offer from another company. You'll be able to negotiate the better salary.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.

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