This was for Yahoo Finance.

I applied online and was contacted directly by the Dev manager. I had a video phone screen on something like CollabEdit. I came in for an interview.

They gave me about three hours to code up an app, then an algorithm test, then one that was a little more behavioral, and finally an app design session.

The food was good, and their office seemed pretty nice, although they were recently acquired by Oath/Verizon. It seemed a little empty. It was cool to see all the AOL stuff and brands I recognized all in the same office.

Edited: Originally I posted that there was no follow-up. I received a response about a couple of weeks after the interview, letting me know that they were looking for someone more senior.

I'm still not sure where I went wrong. I think I did pretty well on the app test and the algorithm question, so maybe they just did not feel that it was a strong culture fit.

There is an option to do a presentation instead of the one-on-one interview sessions. If you have a personal project or are an expert on a topic, they will encourage you to present.

The standard algorithms questions.

The main difference is the app coding exercise and a conversation about product management.