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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 1, 2016
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Initial phone call screening by the hiring manager. It included a couple of technical questions (networking and generic) and a couple of coding questions (which were trivial if you have done LeetCode/CTCI).

Later, I was called for the onsite interview. There were about 4 rounds of interviews, all technical and involving whiteboard coding (requiring the best runtime). At last, there was a system design question round (which surprised me, frankly).

At the end of the round, the interviewer was rude and said directly that they were not happy with my performance.

Questions

LeetCode coding questions, brain teasers, and system design questions (data center related).

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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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