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Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience

February 1, 2013
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Process

The first interview mainly covered projects I had worked on.

The second interview became more technical, involving some Java coding.

There were no language-specific questions, but some very basic algorithmic questions were asked.

Other questions included those about exceptions.

Both interviewers didn't seem overly interested or critical.

There were no difficult behavioral questions.

Questions

Write a function that copies a subarray within an array to another position without using a temporary variable.

An interviewer pasted a segment of code onto CollabEdit and asked why, after pushing a string onto a stack, the pop operation could never be reached. They followed up by asking how I could assure that the pop operation would run. They also asked when one would use try-catch statements.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the Yahoo Software Engineer Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

23%
Pass Rate

Yahoo's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive36%
Neutral59%
Negative5%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yahoo's Software Engineer Intern interview process in United States.

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