I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2016
Interview
I was interviewing with Yahoo San Francisco office from 10:30am - 3:30pm. There were four rounds for onsite interview. One system design, one database design and two algorithm problems. All interviewers are really nice and try to lead the candidate into the right direction. They focus on how you approach the problem and how deep you know about the website architecture through the questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. How to design an Amazon shopping cart that users can access their order cross the device?
2. Find a target value in a binary tree recursively and iteratively.
3. Design a Twitter newsfeed and relationship database schema and answer some querys, ex: find the most 10 tweets from close friends.
4. Two Sum problem.
The selection process will consist of two rounds:
1. Online Coding Round – A technical assessment focused on your core tech stack.
2. Hiring Manager Interview (Online) – A virtual interview with the hiring manager to discuss technical depth, problem-solving approach, and alignment with the role.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo
Interview
The hiring manager did not show up at our originally scheduled meeting time. We rescheduled. The HM name dropped a bunch of big tech companies that they worked for in the past. It felt like the HM was hoping for me to provide a similar list of familiar brand names ... which was odd considering their supposed desire for more startup-y people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a challenging project that you worked on.
The process was expected compared to most comparable jobs. Demonstrate and know your coding and you will do fine. The interview was fair and the hiring managers were all tech savvy. I accepted a different development position with another company a few days after the interview. It was a good experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your time management strategy for meeting project time goals.
