Yahoo Interview Questions & Reviews in San Jose, CA Area
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Updated May 20, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Apr 13, 2011
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4.0
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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 2+ weeks)
This was by far the best interview experience I had. I did two short phone interview which went pretty good, no weired questions, all fundamental and basic questions. Then I was invited for an onsite interview which was very well organized. The campus looks really nice, everything is so relaxed, and the interviewers are quite friendly. Questions are not too difficult, but definitely open ended and broad.
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Negotiation Details
Did not negotiate.
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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Non-techincal Intern at Yahoo
Posted Apr 2, 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 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 4+ weeks)
I submitted my resume online through Yahoo's career site under the university section. This is one of the few places where I submitted my resume online without knowing any one at the company and heard back.
Within 10 days, I received a phone call to schedule a phone interview time.
After that, I have 3 phone interviews in a matter of a couple of weeks.
Everyone I interacted with at Yahoo was pleasant and responded in a very timely manner.
After my last phone interview, I received an offer within a couple of days.
It seemed like all of the interviewers had actually talked a bit with each other about what I had discussed with them which was nice because I didn't feel like I was giving the same interview over and over again.
Questions were pretty straight forward and were mostly aimed and figuring out how my experiences would be relevant to the position.
The last interview was a bit more focused on behavioral questions aimed at understanding how I work within a group setting but also about what kind of management style I prefer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Director at Yahoo
Posted Apr 1, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 4 weeks)
Very smart people almost everywhere, but it was very clear that the organization is very much fragmented and not operating under common metrics or goals. 50% of the time was about making sure I was the right person for the job, 50% was about selling the company to me as the company has such a poor external reputation. After meeting so many smart people I got energized, hoping (like many others that interviewed me) that the CEO would leave sooner than later.
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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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Unix Systems Administrator at Yahoo
Posted Feb 20, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jun 2009 in Santa Clara, CA (took 2 weeks)
Yahoo recruiter approached me probably from my resume online. I had a phone interview with a female consist of about 15 technical questions. One week later I had 1:1 interview with 4 different people, first with the hiring manager. Describe your background. Then I met with the sr. engineer who asked a few technical questions something to do with 'awk', if you know one basic answer then he will go deeper and deeper, it was lunch time so somebody showed up and accompany to the cafeteria to have lunch. After lunch I met with a lady, she she drew a graph and asked my opinion as to what I would think. Her last statement after the interview which I WILL NEVER FORGET was 'you are not stupid ...' ... WOW... I was shock but did not say anything or even react, I was being polite but since that day I can never forget what she said about me. It causes me to feel I was not 'smart' enough and what is her right to even say the word 'stupid', I can't believe she was hired! It you work in a professional environment never ever to use 'stupid' word or any words that will put someone down. She has no class unfortunately.
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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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Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Feb 15, 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 Feb 2009 in Santa Clara, CA (took 5 days)
HR interview
Hiring Manager interview
Team interview
HR calls back if hiring manager is interested.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
any first offer HR gives, they are ready to go upto 10% without effort...so ask for 15%-20% more.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Product Marketing Manager at Yahoo
Posted Feb 10, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 1 week)
The initial phone interviews with the recruiting team was a pleasant and easy process for me. I went through two phone interviews with the recruiting team, and the had an interview with the actual hiring manager. The interview with the hiring manager did not go well on my part, as I started to fumble with my words and suddenly became blank. I would have appreciated if the interviewer had allowed me to take a breather and calm myself down, but was rushed at the end.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Jan 28, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took 3 weeks)
At career fair was asked technical question about programming, then phone interview, then on campus interview with 4 people.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Able to negotiate bonus.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Front End Engineering at Yahoo
Posted Jan 14, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 4 days)
javascript closures, events and some hmtl/css stuff. easy
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Technical Yahoo at Yahoo
Posted Jan 11, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 days)
I applied at a University Career Fair. There were 2 rounds of phone interviews. The people were friendly on phone.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Developer at Yahoo
Posted Dec 14, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Santa Clara, CA (took a day)
I was first called for a phone interview which was pretty simple and straightforward mainly asking questions on Data Structures and design related.
The after a week i was called for an onsite interview with 4 people.
The 1st round went well the interviewer asked me to write a tictactoe game on whiteboard.
The 2nd round went bad as the person kept asking me some mathematical problems.
The 3rd round went ok with the manager asked me few testing and QA questions which i suppose did not answer that well.
The 4th round was useless. The interviewer was just wasting time and reading my resume and seeing the clock.
Overall the interview experience sucked as they really did not test my skills.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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