Yahoo

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California

September 1, 2012

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone Screen followed by 3 rounds of technical Onsite Interview:

Spring AOP
Reverse a linked list
Write a program to print numbers from 1 to 400 divisible by 3, 4, or 7
String questions

Round 1:

Java 5 features
Java Stack disadvantages
JSON
Nested JSON
Java 2 JSON
JSON Association
Singleton program
HTML 5 features

Round 2

MERGE SORT complete program

Round 3

Design TIC-TAC-TOE

Function to return the power of a number (e.g., 2^4 = 16)

Questions

MERGE SORT: Complete Program

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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

41%

Pass 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

Positive54%

Neutral20%

Negative25%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yahoo's Software Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.

Yahoo Work Experiences

Working experience at Yahoo Inc

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: The benefits are very good. I personally like the culture, where people work as a group with high efficiency and clear goals.

Cons: Working load is heavy. Sometimes I need to work on the weekends.

Working experience at Yahoo Inc

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: The benefits are very good. I personally like the culture, where people work as a group with high efficiency and clear goals.

Cons: Working load is heavy. Sometimes I need to work on the weekends.

All Pros, No Cons

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: All the pros are pros.

Cons: There are no cons there.

All Pros, No Cons

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: All the pros are pros.

Cons: There are no cons there.

Cliques everywhere, and you should be Indian

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

November 25, 2015

Pros: Free food, shuttles, gym, cafes, nice laptops, and some VERY smart people. No QA, so everyone's a dev and responsible for their work.

Cons: Horrible culture, work environment. The cliques rule, and they cover for each other. The old timers use newbies and H1s. There's little opportunity for advancement. Speak up for yourself, or you will get railroaded.

Cliques everywhere, and you should be Indian

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

November 25, 2015

Pros: Free food, shuttles, gym, cafes, nice laptops, and some VERY smart people. No QA, so everyone's a dev and responsible for their work.

Cons: Horrible culture, work environment. The cliques rule, and they cover for each other. The old timers use newbies and H1s. There's little opportunity for advancement. Speak up for yourself, or you will get railroaded.

Working experience at Yahoo Inc

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: The benefits are very good. I personally like the culture, where people work as a group with high efficiency and clear goals.

Cons: Working load is heavy. Sometimes I need to work on the weekends.

4.0
Working experience at Yahoo Inc
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
August 9, 2014
Pros: The benefits are very good. I personally like the culture, where people work as a group with high efficiency and clear goals.
Cons: Working load is heavy. Sometimes I need to work on the weekends.

All Pros, No Cons

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: All the pros are pros.

Cons: There are no cons there.

5.0
All Pros, No Cons
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
March 21, 2021
Pros: All the pros are pros.
Cons: There are no cons there.

Cliques everywhere, and you should be Indian

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

November 25, 2015

Pros: Free food, shuttles, gym, cafes, nice laptops, and some VERY smart people. No QA, so everyone's a dev and responsible for their work.

Cons: Horrible culture, work environment. The cliques rule, and they cover for each other. The old timers use newbies and H1s. There's little opportunity for advancement. Speak up for yourself, or you will get railroaded.

1.0
Cliques everywhere, and you should be Indian
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
November 25, 2015
Pros: Free food, shuttles, gym, cafes, nice laptops, and some VERY smart people. No QA, so everyone's a dev and responsible for their work.
Cons: Horrible culture, work environment. The cliques rule, and they cover for each other. The old timers use newbies and H1s. There's little opportunity for advancement. Speak up for yourself, or you will get railroaded.

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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