Process
There are two rounds of interview in total.
The first round is all about basic Java foundation knowledge and an easy design question. They got back to me after a month.
The second round of interview was very unreasonable. The team I interviewed with is a platform team which focuses on Java and DFS. However, the interviewer asked me questions all about JavaScript and HTML/CSS, which are totally unrelated to the job description. I don't know if this was fair to me. If they made any changes, they should have let me know. Or if they had already filled this position, they shouldn't have tricked me like this.
Questions
inheritance card design
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 36 interview experiences for the Yahoo Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
Yahoo's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Yahoo's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
Yahoo Work Experiences
- 3.0Little Work, Big OfficeWeb Deisgner • Current EmployeeCentral, United StatesMarch 15, 2024Pros: Work low, not much. Work low, not much.Cons: Office too big. Office too big.
- 3.0Culture Okay, Benefits LackingPrincipal Software Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 31, 2023Pros: Private company culture is fine.Cons: Not an old Yahoo company: benefits and culture.
- 4.0Great legacy. Need to be more strategic in investmentsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesSeptember 6, 2008Pros: At Yahoo, you would have the ability to impact 500 million internet users. There are very few "wasteful" projects; once you are in the company, you can be quite sure what you do will see the light of the day. Each person can potentially work on projects in the critical path of the company. The company runs on open-source technologies – it is more open than Google. For example, the backend distributed system is based on Hadoop/Pig, which are in open source. If you are in Sunnyvale, there are lots of great concerts and events. In other locations, there are fewer. * Free coffee everywhere.Cons: The company is struggling for revenue growth, so projects get only a short time to prove themselves. Folks can be working very hard and get burnt out on a project for a year or two. Even if they achieve great results, the next year, the project is put on the back burner, and everyone is working on the next big thing. Due to this, there is no long-term retention of knowledge in many projects. There are only a few long-term strategic projects in the company, mostly around search. In other areas, there are likely to be changes in your priorities every 18 months or so.
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