I applied through university. I interviewed at Yahoo (Los Angeles, CA) in Sep 2017
Interview
Pick up my resume on career fair at our university. Briefly introduce yourself, how do you know our company, then two algorithm questions and follow up questions. Finally, do you have any questions.
First stage is a technical interview that involving fixing four test case bugs in a language of your choosing. It was a time-based test, that was easy enough if you have experience writing unit tests. was conducted online via, in a group setting of all candidates
Overall experience was good. Mainly focused on DSA and Computer Science Fundamentals. In first round, was asked to submit solutions to DSA problems in presence of 3 senior engineers. In second round, was asked to explain the submitted solutions along with questions on computer science fundamentals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked DSA questions, and questions related to Operating systems, DBMS and technologies I mentioned in resume.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo in Feb 2025
Interview
Standard technical interview. Asked me about my experience, questions specific to the position, then got a coding question. Gave me the option between a standard algorithmic question or composing a view. Interviewer was kind of rude, but gave good hints and feedback.
