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Updated Jan 20, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Sep 3, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)
Got an email from Yahoo recruiter (Tnx LinkedIn !!) , scheduled a phone-screening for the same week. got a call from a nice enginner . questions were pretty basic (C/C++ , thread-safety , count number of bits ..standard interview questions) . Later on , got an invitation to fly to sunnyvale for the 1-on-1 interview(s) .I was interviews by 4 different enginners . questions ranged from designing a game-system (OO question) , simple algorithms (lookup tables ) and general knowledge (databases,sockets,OS...)
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Aug 29, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)
I was contacted by recruiter and initial discussion. After short phone conversation with HR, i was set up for the technical phone screening. I was asked mainly regarding data structures and algorithm. After few days i was asked to come for on site interview. On site interview consisted of five 45 min 1:1 technical interview. Interview mainly consisted of heavy on technical side. Mainly asked data structure, Algorithm and coding questions. Every interviewer asked me to write code on white board. Make sure to have good data structure and algorithm skills before interviewing. Overall campus looked pretty decent. Yahoo has really good working environment. I was told that they have very bright engineers but sr management lacks vision. I found every interviewer very knowledgeable. If you have 0 - 5 yrs of exp, this place has good potential to grow.
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Negotiation Details
Offer was better than I expected. Hence I did not negotiate. I am currently employed in better and stable company but I accepted the offer due to work they offered me and learning curve seemed quite impressive.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Web Developer at Yahoo
Posted Aug 20, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took a day)
internal refer and get contacted by the hiring manager by email directly after
2 weeks to set up an phone interview.
last one hour : basic data structure and project experience.
algorim question:
find the intersection of two sorted arrays .
design a card game
desgin pattern ? factory ,adapter
some basic javascript and css questions.
what is the type of javascript?
Interview Questions
find the intersection of two sorted arrays .
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Product Manager at Yahoo
Posted Aug 9, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)
Phone screen followed by on-site 1:1 interviews with hiring manager, other product team members, and an engineering counterpart. The hiring manager asked scenario questions to gauge product intuition. The team member interviews discussed previous work experience to assess basic product management skills and personality fit with the rest of the team.
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Negotiation Details
Yes, I was able to negotiate by speaking with the HR recruiter. I would recommend going through the HR recruiter since this is part of their job, and they may already know the acceptable range for base salary, bonuses, etc.
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 Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Aug 5, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took 1 week)
Attended the interview today!!!
Knew in advance that for them Experience level does not matter.
So prepared on data structure and algorithms for a week.
Initial round Phone interview(30 min) :-
Asked basic details about my work, then suddenly datastructure questions.
1) Find median from continuously changing stream of data.
2) Find 2nd maximum in array.
3) Find nth largest in Array.
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Called for f2f discussion.
All 3 technical and one hiring manager rounds consisted of only data structures.
No one asked anything in Java. Though I was called as Java requirement.
Dont know why so much concentration on data structures only.
Also, I feel my skills were not matching, as they wanted someone who has worked on PHP,Perl.
Honestly, I was not expecting negative reply but I guess my 2nd technical round and skills impacted my interview.
At the end I feel that if you want to go to yahoo, then study like a fresher preparing for your first job. Experience level doesn't matter.
Interview Questions
2) Find the length of linked list loop.
3) How to get the values of two elements from array whose sum is N.
2nd round :
1) Get nth largest/smallest from BST.
2) How will you remove duplicate paragraph from big file.
Told hashmap, asked me to write hashcode :-(
3) Perform merge of multiple arrays. (k way merge)
Thought for sometime, but could not tell. :-(
3rd round :
1) Middle of linked list
2) sum in binary search tree
3) Some unix questions.
4) How will u design Google maps or yahoo maps.
4th Round :
Puzzle on 25 horses.
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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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Aug 3, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2+ weeks)
I was contacted by a hiring manager to go over my background and some screening questions such as race conditions, deadlocks, some C++ questions etc. He told me he'd like to schedule an on site interview - which was setup by their HR folks.
The onsite interview was a underwhelming. The guys supposed to interview me were not on time. One interview related to software design (patterns etc.) went really well. Second interview was more focused on C++ internals and other coding which went well. Interview related to data structures and algorithms was my weakest. I also met a director of engineering and had lunch with him. That also went fine.
Overall I thought their screening process could have been better. They were looking for some one well versed in web technologies and with expertise in algorithms whereas my past experience is in firmware, middle-ware and UI for handsets. I thought it was wastage of time for both parties and I had to burn a day of vacation.
They were right to not make me an offer. It was a bad match for both parties. I wish I had probed more to ensure that it was going to be something I would like to do and would match my skills.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Recruiter at Yahoo
Posted Aug 1, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took a day)
I was interviewed on my sourcing and recruiting skills. I was introduced to the team and position was clearly explained to me.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)
It took whole day to complete the process. Surprised by the kind of people and kind of technical questions asked. Probably I had over expectations. There is no focus on potential, thought process and problem sloving skills but just very syntax and JCP kind of questions. There is no intelligence in the questions so very disappointed. Lots of API related questions which no software engineer need to by heart. Looks like Yahoo standard has been going down.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Analyst at Yahoo
Posted Jul 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 4+ weeks)
I was first contacted by a recruiter, who I spoke with briefly. A few days later, I was contacted by the team manager to schedule a phone interview. That interview was fairly basic, mainly talking about the position as opposed to myself. I was then invited in for an in person interview about a week later. I met with 4 separate team members individually and they asked me questions about my background and experience. There weren't any technical questions. This took about 2 hours. About a week later, I was sent an assignment to complete and send back a few days later. This assignment was technical and a preview of what the position would be like.
Overall, the process was very positive. All of the team members were very friendly and accommodating. I had been interviewing with a few companies at the same time, and Yahoo! was definitely the least stressful. It took a while to find out whether I got the job, but not too long.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Jul 6, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 in Mountain View, CA (took a day)
I had contacts in the company, so the interview was more informational for both sides. The visit was competently prepared and the interviewers were motivated and professional. Much of the interview consisted talking about possible technical contributions, opportunities for research at the company, and possibility of impact of new developments.
My general advice to interviewees is to network; cold interviews or interviews without any prior contact or knowledge of each other are a lot tougher for all concerned.
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Reason for Declining
The offer was interesting, but I renegotiated with my current employer to make changes; after that, it made more sense to stay in my current position.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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