Good pay and perks. Morale is rising after Marissa
Good pay and perks. Morale is rising after Marissa
Yahoo! is back again, a cool place to work after Marissa's leadership. Great people are being hired, and some people who needed to go in order for the company to move forward are being asked to leave.
For engineers, there are lots of resources, huge scale, and crazy problems to work on.
Being an old company (for tech standards), there are a lot of legacy systems and old processes that still drag teams from moving faster.
Some people in leadership positions still hold old views about how to develop software.
Be more like startups and try to avoid the overwhelming size and bureaucracy. That's crucial for continual survival.
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I was contacted by a hiring manager to go over my background and some screening questions, such as race conditions, deadlocks, and C++ concepts. He told me he'd like to schedule an on-site interview, which was set up by their HR department. The on-s
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I received a call from a software developer who spoke in a monotone and was difficult to understand. He hung up without saying goodbye and did not want to discuss the position, repeatedly stating he needed to call back. I eventually gave up and email
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Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2011I was contacted by a hiring manager to go over my background and some screening questions, such as race conditions, deadlocks, and C++ concepts. He told me he'd like to schedule an on-site interview, which was set up by their HR department. The on-s
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Sunnyvale, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2016Interview Process: * Call from HR/Recruiter/Hiring Manager (not technical) * Technical Phone Interview * On-Site Interview (6 rounds) Technical phone screens involve easy coding on a shared document. The on-site interview was enjoyable. I me
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Sunnyvale, California, United StatesJune 1, 2010I received a call from a software developer who spoke in a monotone and was difficult to understand. He hung up without saying goodbye and did not want to discuss the position, repeatedly stating he needed to call back. I eventually gave up and email
