Director of Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Yahoo with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director of Engineering roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Yahoo overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Yahoo as a Director of Engineering according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Background check: 20%
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The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo in Oct 2011
Interview
1. Sent my resume through an internal reference
2. Recruiter got in touch and scheduled phone screening
3. Phone screen happened
4. Recruiter scheduled the onsite round
5. 5 people interviewed during onsite
6. They approved and also put me in touch with another group for a possible better fit
7. Hiring manager interviewed.
8. On another day - 5 people interviewed onsite.
9. The first group made the offer and the second group declined.
10. Accepted the offer.
It was fine, we had 5 rounds.
first round - general introduction
second round - design
third round - coding
fourth round - managerial
fifth round - hr
the full process took 4 hours
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2017
Interview
It was pretty simple. I spoke with the VP Eng and several engineering managers. The questions were mostly about management style. Then there was a product management problem to solve and discuss.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fictional blog question, if we were to create a blog automatically for every author of books in the library and promote them, how would we evaluate if the product is a success.