Yahoo

Director Engineering Interview Experience - India

September 5, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It was fine. We had five rounds:

First round: general introduction
Second round: design
Third round: coding
Fourth round: managerial
Fifth round: HR

The full process took four hours.

Questions

Design a recommendation engine for search.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Yahoo Director Engineering role in India.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Yahoo's interview process for their Director Engineering roles in India is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yahoo's Director Engineering interview process in India.

Yahoo Work Experiences

Great Culture, Weak Product Strategy

Director Engineering • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Good work culture and environment, and opportunities to learn.

Cons: Weak strategy of the management for future products.

Great Culture, Weak Product Strategy

Director Engineering • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Good work culture and environment, and opportunities to learn.

Cons: Weak strategy of the management for future products.

Yahoo London -- the smaller version of the HQ.

Director Engineering • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Working with very smart people who are affecting the lives of millions of people is one of the few places where you really can get in touch with the world as a whole.

Cons: Often too many projects make it difficult to truly focus on one thing. Many times, there is too much legacy code, making it hard to innovate and launch new ideas.

Yahoo London -- the smaller version of the HQ.

Director Engineering • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Working with very smart people who are affecting the lives of millions of people is one of the few places where you really can get in touch with the world as a whole.

Cons: Often too many projects make it difficult to truly focus on one thing. Many times, there is too much legacy code, making it hard to innovate and launch new ideas.

Very good experience!

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

November 27, 2025

Pros: They try their hardest to push interns into challenging technical tasks. All with support and guidance, it is a very good learning experience. Work-life balance is so good; the culture is incredible.

Cons: Don't always hire back for grad/full-time roles.

Very good experience!

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

November 27, 2025

Pros: They try their hardest to push interns into challenging technical tasks. All with support and guidance, it is a very good learning experience. Work-life balance is so good; the culture is incredible.

Cons: Don't always hire back for grad/full-time roles.

Great Culture, Weak Product Strategy

Director Engineering • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Good work culture and environment, and opportunities to learn.

Cons: Weak strategy of the management for future products.

5.0
Great Culture, Weak Product Strategy
Director Engineering • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
March 31, 2021
Pros: Good work culture and environment, and opportunities to learn.
Cons: Weak strategy of the management for future products.

Yahoo London -- the smaller version of the HQ.

Director Engineering • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Working with very smart people who are affecting the lives of millions of people is one of the few places where you really can get in touch with the world as a whole.

Cons: Often too many projects make it difficult to truly focus on one thing. Many times, there is too much legacy code, making it hard to innovate and launch new ideas.

4.0
Yahoo London -- the smaller version of the HQ.
Director Engineering • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
July 22, 2010
Pros: Working with very smart people who are affecting the lives of millions of people is one of the few places where you really can get in touch with the world as a whole.
Cons: Often too many projects make it difficult to truly focus on one thing. Many times, there is too much legacy code, making it hard to innovate and launch new ideas.

Very good experience!

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

November 27, 2025

Pros: They try their hardest to push interns into challenging technical tasks. All with support and guidance, it is a very good learning experience. Work-life balance is so good; the culture is incredible.

Cons: Don't always hire back for grad/full-time roles.

4.0
Very good experience!
Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
November 27, 2025
Pros: They try their hardest to push interns into challenging technical tasks. All with support and guidance, it is a very good learning experience. Work-life balance is so good; the culture is incredible.
Cons: Don't always hire back for grad/full-time roles.

Yahoo Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Contains Duplicate

Determine if any value appears at least twice in an array of numbers. Return true if duplicates exist; otherwise, return false.

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Find the length of the longest substring within a given string that contains no repeating characters. The substring must be contiguous.

StringsTwo PointersSliding Windows

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