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Updated Mar 20, 2023
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Yahoo
It has taken the home challenges and whiteboard. Sent me the rejection after 3 weeks, and it uses the robot to let me know the result at 3 AM! I don't feel like this is a company that respects interviewees.
- How do you decide on a particular design or direction to move forward with?
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Yahoo
Applied online and got the call back after many days. Initially there was a Screening round Two coding questions were asked. The questions were mainly based on strings leetcode medium
- The questions were mainly based on strings leetcode medium
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Yahoo
Describe the interview process: 1. Recruiter reach out and introductory call 2. Interview with HM + case study questions Describe the interview process: 1. Recruiter reach out and introductory call 2. Interview with HM + case study questions
- Design a growth feature for Yahoo Mail
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Yahoo
Had met some representatives at a career fair. Months later they reached out to me for an interview. They asked LC easy qs on string, etc like those commonly seen tagged Yahoo on LC. To me it seemed that the interview went well but was rejected after 2 months of radio silence
- Simple questions on string, recursion,etc
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo
Reached out by a recruiter first for arranging interview time and then had a virtual interview with a Software Engineer on Google Meet and CoderPad. The interview was around 50 minutes.
- Medium level question on Leetcode.
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Yahoo
There were 2 parts, and each part had a different intereviewer. Both asked an algorithmic question which I had to answer in code. The whole intereview took about an hour.
- The first question was to create a hash map with additional methods.
- The second question was the 2SUM question from Leetcode.
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Yahoo
I applied online. A recruiter reached out to me a few days later. The recruiter called once and I was not available (they even left a message). When I tried to call back the recruiter never answered (the recruiter's voicemail was full and I could not leave a message) I never heard a word after that. Hmmd
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Yahoo
one round screening machine learning plus coding (medium) Then give a 45 min job talk plus 10min QA Three rounds of follow-up machine learning and research interviews, one round manager interview.
- Lots of detailed machine learning questions
Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Yahoo
Straight forward. 3 rounds of interviews plus a recruiter screening call. Asked a mix of standard technical and behavioural questions. Not dragged out for too long, which is appreciated. Recruiter kept me in the loop.
- What are past experiences? Discuss how you would optimise xyz
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Yahoo
Interview with the hiring manager, and last stage with HR to finalise offer. HR is quite prompt in engaging the candidate and the whole process took about 2 weeks to receive an offer.
- What are the importance of being IT helpdesk?
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Yahoo as 56.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.96 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Front End Developer and Software Engineering rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Client and Software Engineer Contractor roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Yahoo takes an average of 25.11 days when considering 1,215 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Test Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Account Executive roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 225 days).
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Skills Test: 8.65%
Background Check: 8.61%
Group Panel Interview: 8.49%
Presentation: 8.44%
Drug Test: 2.69%
IQ Intelligence Test: 2.28%
Personality Test: 2.24%
Other: 0.99%
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