I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Yahoo (Sunnyvale, CA) in Oct 2012
Interview
Was called directly onsite after I met them during the career fair and had 4 interview there.
First interview was completely Algorithms based. Asked around 4-5 coding problems including problems that required one-armed quick sort, binary tree related questions, some bit manipulation and also they start of with 1 or 2 easy recursion based problems maybe to ease your nerves.
Second interview was again algorithms based and the questions were simple but the last 20 mins the interviewer started discussion on java Internals and that got pretty complex.
Third interview was the most fun. He asked me three question all pretty hard and especially the last one which which was to make any given string a palindrome by adding the minimum number of character. Well u have to use DP and if you have seen it before then its easy but it was first time i was solving this. So was fun and challenging.
Last interview was some initial coding which involved hash map based solutions and then followed by design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Make any given string a palindrome by adding the minimum number of characters.
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.