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Updated May 22, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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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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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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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.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Jun 24, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 (took 2+ weeks)
All in all it was quite a good interview with yahoo.. Tech questions are not that hard.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Quality Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Jun 23, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took 1 week)
It started with Phone interview, interviewer asked very basic questions... After 1 week was called for
1:1 interview
Position was for automation engineer... But am into Manual testing which was clearly mentioned in my resume and also told in phone interview
Even though i was called for 1:1 interview. The interviewer asked all basic questions on testinf, drilled me for 1.5 hrs and after was told by HR am not suited for thier business requirement
They have serious flaw in hiring... before callling people , kindly go through resume properly and check if they are suited for the job or not
All in all, utterly disappointed
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Yahoo
Posted Jun 23, 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 Aug 2009 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
Yahoo! came to my university to recruit, and my first interview was on campus. They flew me up a week later to their headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA and I had 4 interviews each 30 minutes. They responded within 2 days of the interview that I received an offer. Recruiting was fast and efficient.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Yahoo at Yahoo
Posted Jun 10, 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 May 2011 in Richardson, TX (took a day)
I was interviewed by the hiring manager who was later joined by the network architect from his team. It was purely technical interview and lasted for an hour.
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Negotiation Details
they pay a decent amount. i didn't negotiate anything. i tried changing the job location but they wanted somebody who can work in Dallas, Texas and the job offer was only for that location.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Systems Administrator at Yahoo
Posted Jun 6, 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 Jun 2011 in Santa Clara, CA (took a day)
I was approached by Yahoo recruiter, and she said It's a multi-national, multi-center build out, and they are interested in people with a strong Unix background (Redhat preferred) and solid skills in monitoring, automation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Jun 6, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Champaign, IL (took 2 days)
I was recruited through my University and first had a phone interview which consisted of basic OOP questions and my experiences. I was brought on-site a week later and had 5 1:1 interviews. First one was just getting to know the hierarchy of the company. Second one was reverse engineering - programming errors were provided and solutions had to be found. Third was algorithm and logic based. Fourth was OS design and problem solving. The last one was SQL. Overall pretty heavy on the technical side with a 10 minute break.
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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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Finance Manager at Yahoo
Posted May 26, 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 May 2011 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
Internal referral is somewhat required to get my resume noticed. Then phone interviews with the team for 1.5 hours. One week after, get the invite to visit their Sunnyvale campus. 6 interviews in row, with the last one as an unexpected excel test.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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