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Updated Oct 18, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Oct 18, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 1 week)
DS and Algo questions.Should be prepared to solve some puzzles as well.
Interview Questions
Hint - Consider the significance of 25 (24 horses r faster than this horse and 24 are slower)
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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 Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Sep 21, 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 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 weeks)
Phone screen with the director for the team to which I was interviewing. Went well, we talked about my background and skills, what I was looking for, and what they were trying to accomplish. The onsite portion consisted of several hour-long interviews, including an hour for lunch. They questions were fairly easy, in the general vein of problem solving, design patterns, distributed computing, and programming questions.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Negotiations were easy enough. It helped to have an offer in hand from another company nearby, which helped bump up the salary and sign-on bonus.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Sep 3, 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 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...)
Interview Questions
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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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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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
Difficult Interview
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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.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 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.
Interview Questions
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 Apr 13, 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 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.
Interview Questions
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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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Apr 6, 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 Mar 2011 (took a day)
I was contacted first by a recruiter and then by a manager about a position. The phone interview went smoothly, and I was invited for a campus interview.
I must say that I was not at the top of my shape. I had not interviewed for three years, and that morning I felt tired. I made a bug in one of the programming questions, and limped through another one. It was clear both to me and to them I guess that I would not get hired.
Nevertheless I was struck by how rude they were. One interviewer was asking "so where will you fit here?". Then they abruptly canceled the process before lunch and escorted me out (there was supposed to be one lunch interview and another one afterward). I'll never apply to Yahoo again.
Interview Questions
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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Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Mar 4, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
Applied online and received an email the next week to schedule a phone interview. The first 2 rounds were basic to me, I was asked to write codes. The third round phone interview was less coding and more conceptual, mostly data structure and algorithm. Make sure you can apply them to real world problems. This is where I think I failed.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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