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Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I have only completed the phone screening. I found the engineer to be very polite. He asked me the difference between an array and a linked list. He also asked me two technical questions.

Questions

Find the least common ancestor in a tree where each node points to its parent.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 296 interview experiences for the Yahoo Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

22%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive43%
Neutral36%
Negative20%

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

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