I've enjoyed working for Yahoo! since the day I arrived. The other engineers are incredibly bright, and everyone is very open to sharing their knowledge. As a result, I've learned a lot in the time that I've been here, moreso than in any other job I've ever had. I feel like there's always someone with more experience and knowledge that I can go to for advice, which is a really great benefit of working here.
Constantly being compared to Google gets annoying. Sometimes it seems that we get penalized when Google does something good, instead of being praised when we do something good. Yahoo! does so many great things, and the fact that those get overshadowed by Google's ridiculous growth rate and results can be frustrating.
Just keep focused. When we focus on specific things, we can't be stopped. It's when we go off in too many tangents that things become hectic.
Waste of time. 4-hour work sample plus 6 hours of interviews. No discussion of the work sample or feedback on it was provided. The technical interviewers were not friendly or collaborative and spoke poor English.
It is a very intensive interview process. The tech screen is done by the hiring manager and covers mostly experience, projects, why you are looking for a job, and behavioral questions. Then, there is a coding question. The onsite portion consists of
I interviewed with a different department at Yahoo in the past, and this experience was equally frustrating. The interview itself was not particularly difficult; however, communication from the recruiter was spotty. Shortly after the virtual onsite
Waste of time. 4-hour work sample plus 6 hours of interviews. No discussion of the work sample or feedback on it was provided. The technical interviewers were not friendly or collaborative and spoke poor English.
It is a very intensive interview process. The tech screen is done by the hiring manager and covers mostly experience, projects, why you are looking for a job, and behavioral questions. Then, there is a coding question. The onsite portion consists of
I interviewed with a different department at Yahoo in the past, and this experience was equally frustrating. The interview itself was not particularly difficult; however, communication from the recruiter was spotty. Shortly after the virtual onsite