Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
Process
They cheated me out of money. They said they would reimburse my travel expenses but did not.
Their original itinerary involved flying out at 9 p.m., arriving at 5 a.m., and then flying out at 9 p.m. that night, returning home at 6 a.m. the next morning. I suppose they did not want to pay for a hotel.
They had decent coffee, and I met some nice people, but I can't get over being cheated out of money.
Questions
They asked me about run-length encoding.
The person asking me was rude and inarticulate.
The scheme he was hinting at didn't actually work.
He said it would work in all cases but one, but "we wouldn't cover that."
The case the scheme doesn't work for is the one that is statistically most likely, so the scheme will generally lengthen the data you are trying to shorten.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 79 interview experiences for the Yahoo Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
Yahoo's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yahoo's Software Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
Yahoo Work Experiences
- 4.0Free Food, Too Many MeetingsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesSeptember 21, 2014Pros: It's hard to forget about all the free food that was floating around Yahoo! As an intern, I had my breakfast and lunch at the company for free and would occasionally stay late enough to have dinner there too (though the dinner was pretty limited compared to the other meals). I also got a free card to use with the buses and trains around the Bay Area, which was very helpful. Yahoo! also has a lot of wonderful self-growth classes that you can take, ranging from intro-level mobile development courses to more advanced topics.Cons: There were way too many meetings when I was there. At one meeting, I (wrongly) just started using my computer. I was most convinced that I could never survive in a corporation with so many meetings. As an intern, I was also not given very challenging problems. This was a huge disappointment for me.
- 4.0Great Food, Little ChallengeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesSeptember 13, 2015Pros: It's good for new graduate students. Good learning opportunity, nice people to work with, and very good food for employees.Cons: Not much of a challenge. Management and organization aren't so good.
- 4.0Fun Workplace, Doubts ValueSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesAugust 18, 2015Pros: Fun environment to work in.Cons: Hard to believe in the value of Yahoo.
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