Software Engineer Interview Experience - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Process
There were two interviewers, each lasting 45 minutes. Each one gave coding problems to solve.
The first interviewer presented a data merging problem.
The second interviewer's questions were not detailed but rather abstract, requiring them to be summed up to form a question. Ultimately, this evolved into a dynamic programming problem focused on spelling correction.
Questions
To count all log file items with the same timestamp and output the result sorted by time.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Yahoo Software Engineer role in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Success Rate
Yahoo's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Yahoo's Software Engineer interview process in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Yahoo Work Experiences
- 4.0Smart Team, Contract UncertaintySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeApril 4, 2022Pros: Smart and nice people to work with.Cons: An uncertainty regarding the renewal of the contract.
- 3.0Great Care, Slow ProcessSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesJune 16, 2008Pros: Management really takes care of the employee base. It's a great place to work. 500 million people use the products we develop, which is cool.Cons: Microsoft fiasco. Google obsession. Lack of strategy to break out of the cycle. As an engineer, it seems like projects could move faster. We get bogged down in process. Startups with far fewer resources beat us to the punch all the time. Sometimes I'd like to just launch the darn thing and not be so careful.
- 5.0Cool Team, Sinking ShipSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesAugust 28, 2015Pros: Really cool and friendly environment to work at.Cons: The company is sinking in the recent past.
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