Process
I spoke with a very pleasant database backend engineer at a college career fair. He immediately offered me an interview slot for the following day.
For the interview, I arrived and the interviewer began by speaking about himself briefly. He then presented me with a question about full/complete binary trees and a brain teaser.
The questions were easy, but I was extremely tired at the time. He later advised me to be less nervous.
Questions
You have 10 jars, each filled with many marbles. Each marble weighs exactly 1.0 grams.
One of the jars is a bad batch, meaning each marble inside weighs 1.1 grams instead of 1.0 grams.
You have a scale that will give you back a number of how much things weigh on it.
Using only one measurement, how would you be able to find the bad batch?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Yahoo Software Development Intern role in United States.
Success Rate
Yahoo's interview process for their Software Development Intern roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Yahoo's Software Development Intern interview process in United States.
Yahoo Work Experiences
- 3.0Little Work, Big OfficeWeb Deisgner • Current EmployeeCentral, United StatesMarch 15, 2024Pros: Work low, not much. Work low, not much.Cons: Office too big. Office too big.
- 3.0A good place to workSoftware Intern • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDecember 15, 2018Pros: Good environment. Encouraging teammates.Cons: No specific cons to specify.
- 3.0Strong Devs, Terrible ManagementRelease Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesMay 4, 2022Pros: Good technical infrastructure despite being written in Perl. I would give Yahoo! 2 1/2 stars if it were available. Despite the poor management culture, there were some strong developers and the deployment system was one of the best I've seen.Cons: Very poor management culture. The emphasis was entirely on what was needed to advance careers rather than provide an excellent product for the customer. Poor decision-making occurred in technical challenges. If you can keep your head down and not get involved in politics, it might be a decent place to work.
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