Yahoo Interview Questions & Reviews in Sunnyvale, CA
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Updated Jan 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer NCG at Yahoo
Posted Jan 7, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took a day)
To start with the HR at Yahoo are very helpful. They help solve all the doubts you have. On the day of my interview I along with 10-12 other candidates were taken into a room where there was lunch and a small presentation on what company does. It was followed by 4 rounds of technical interview. The topics ranging from Data Structures and Algos to design question and Optimization questions.
The interviewers were quite friendly. Overall a great experience.
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Negotiation Details
Pretty good. My manager was really helpful and understood why I was negotiation and for how much. Just waiting for the final offer letter.:)
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Social Media Manager at Yahoo
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA (took a day)
The Recruiter contacted me through linked in and found my desk number at Yahoo! and gave me a ring. I talked him briefly but it seemed the salary range they were offering was a lot lower.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Yahoo
Posted Oct 12, 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 May 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 1 week)
I first received an email regarding my application and informing me that I was scheduled later that week for two phone interviews back to back. Both of these were very standard interviews just going over basic facts about the company, questions about my interests in the company, interests in finance etc. The next day I got an email saying I was scheduled for an on campus interview the next week at their Sunnyvale location. It was a full day of interviewing starting at 11 and ending at 3:30 in the afternoon. There were about 10 other candidates and we began by going up and getting an overview/orientation about the day from HR where we were sitting in a conference room and learning about what we would be doing. Then we ate lunch with one of the finance execs and a few recent graduates who had also been interns at one point and who talked to us about the interview process and tried to make us feel comfortable. Then we were each set up with our first of four interviewers and we walked to a conference room where we would sit all day through four interviews. The first was a case study, pretty straightforward but kind of difficult if you aren't expecting to answer those kinds of questions, it was my first case study interview. Then the next interview was behavioral, and the last two were both just going over my resume and experience, situational type interviewing. Each of the four interviews lasted about half an hour. Everyone was very nice and friendly, not an intimidating interview process, most interviews turned into conversations easily. I received a call about my offer about 2 days later and then a packet in the mail with all the information the next day. I was given three weeks to accept my offer. Out of the ten or eleven candidates I interviewed with, 2 others got offers and accepted them.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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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.
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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
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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...)
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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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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.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Web Developer at Yahoo
Posted Aug 20, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took a day)
internal refer and get contacted by the hiring manager by email directly after
2 weeks to set up an phone interview.
last one hour : basic data structure and project experience.
algorim question:
find the intersection of two sorted arrays .
design a card game
desgin pattern ? factory ,adapter
some basic javascript and css questions.
what is the type of javascript?
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find the intersection of two sorted arrays .
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Product Manager at Yahoo
Posted Aug 9, 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 Nov 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)
Phone screen followed by on-site 1:1 interviews with hiring manager, other product team members, and an engineering counterpart. The hiring manager asked scenario questions to gauge product intuition. The team member interviews discussed previous work experience to assess basic product management skills and personality fit with the rest of the team.
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Negotiation Details
Yes, I was able to negotiate by speaking with the HR recruiter. I would recommend going through the HR recruiter since this is part of their job, and they may already know the acceptable range for base salary, bonuses, etc.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo
Posted Aug 3, 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 Aug 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2+ weeks)
I was contacted by a hiring manager to go over my background and some screening questions such as race conditions, deadlocks, some C++ questions etc. He told me he'd like to schedule an on site interview - which was setup by their HR folks.
The onsite interview was a underwhelming. The guys supposed to interview me were not on time. One interview related to software design (patterns etc.) went really well. Second interview was more focused on C++ internals and other coding which went well. Interview related to data structures and algorithms was my weakest. I also met a director of engineering and had lunch with him. That also went fine.
Overall I thought their screening process could have been better. They were looking for some one well versed in web technologies and with expertise in algorithms whereas my past experience is in firmware, middle-ware and UI for handsets. I thought it was wastage of time for both parties and I had to burn a day of vacation.
They were right to not make me an offer. It was a bad match for both parties. I wish I had probed more to ensure that it was going to be something I would like to do and would match my skills.
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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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