Process
Three rounds of coding interviews. Some of the interviews appeared to me as rather unorthodox or unusual, not the kind of questions that one can find on LeetCode.
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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.
Yahoo Work Experiences
4.0
Fantastic individual contributors, terrible management
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
June 11, 2008
Pros: Very smart, talented, and capable employees.
Opportunity to learn how to be effective despite a not-so-perfect organization.
Laid-back atmosphere with plenty of resources.
Good work-life balance if you join the right group.
Some great managers to learn from and be mentored under.
Cons: Terrible, arrogant, and incompetent management.
Great managers get demoralized and defeated by the pattern of bad management at Yahoo and leave.
Lower-level employees also become disillusioned by either seeing their work go in vain or a lack of direction from senior management.
Mediocre morale and a constant feeling of being 'second-rate'.
Vague and meaningless mission statement that evokes more confusion than anything else.
4.0
Learned Much, Code Culture Lacking
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
January 4, 2016
Pros: Good place to work if you don't want to do much work.
Good food, and there is plenty of stuff to learn.
Cons: Code culture is poor. There is not much in terms of code quality, though the colleagues are good and talented.
5.0
Cool Team, Sinking Ship
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
August 28, 2015
Pros: Really cool and friendly environment to work at.
Cons: The company is sinking in the recent past.
- 4.0Fantastic individual contributors, terrible managementSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesJune 11, 2008Pros: Very smart, talented, and capable employees. Opportunity to learn how to be effective despite a not-so-perfect organization. Laid-back atmosphere with plenty of resources. Good work-life balance if you join the right group. Some great managers to learn from and be mentored under.Cons: Terrible, arrogant, and incompetent management. Great managers get demoralized and defeated by the pattern of bad management at Yahoo and leave. Lower-level employees also become disillusioned by either seeing their work go in vain or a lack of direction from senior management. Mediocre morale and a constant feeling of being 'second-rate'. Vague and meaningless mission statement that evokes more confusion than anything else.
- 4.0Learned Much, Code Culture LackingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesJanuary 4, 2016Pros: Good place to work if you don't want to do much work. Good food, and there is plenty of stuff to learn.Cons: Code culture is poor. There is not much in terms of code quality, though the colleagues are good and talented.
- 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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