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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Nov 9, 2009

3.0
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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.

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

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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Aug 22, 2009

Interviewed Dec 2008 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 1+ week)

The best interview experience in my career, and I've been to quite a few interviews.

After an email, I got a call for a phone screening. For some reason I was expecting HR person… Post a review to see full interview

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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Aug 8, 2009

Interviewed Aug 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 4 days)

I had 2 rounds of telephonic interviews:
Round 1:
Basic C++ questions
- Difference between new and malloc
- Virtual functions
- VTable
- Virtual Destructors
- REST/SOAP
- Difference… Post a review to see full interview

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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Jun 27, 2009

Interviewed May 2009 (took 1 week)

Did not applied directly, received email from the internal staffing department, set initial phone screening in about a few days, it went well: were basic technical background questions… Post a review to see full interview

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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Apr 2, 2009

Interviewed Sep 2008 (took a day)

its ok. pretty ordinary. nothing spectacular. i don't think the interviewers were very chorent in the sense, i doubt if they shared their feedback between themselves while the interviews… Post a review to see full interview

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