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“Average”
2.8
Interview Experience [?]
Positive 67%
Neutral 17%
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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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Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Oct 3, 2009

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… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Sep 19, 2009

Interviewed Apr 2008 (took 4+ weeks)

2 phone interviews, mostly screening of resume plus some technical questions.
then 1 on-site interview, with 8-9 people from 3 different groups, lasting for 8~9 hours(including lunch… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Jul 1, 2009

Interviewed Oct 2008 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 days)

i had two phone screens which were fairly simple, asking questions such as what are the fundamentals of OOP, diff btwn OOP and scripting languages like php. then i went in for the on site… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted Jun 10, 2009

Interviewed Mar 2008 in San Jose, CA (took 2 weeks)

I received a call from Yahoo after I had applied on their job site. There were 2 phone interviews and then I was called onsite. The phone interviews were pretty basic and covered stuff I… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Posted May 4, 2009

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

it was one of the worst interviews i ever underwent -- very unprofessional people in yahoo mobile...now i know why yahoo is going down and down and down. lol none of the people i was… Post a review to see full interview

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Sunnyvale, CA
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