Yandex

It was not awful. For sure, it is better than it was back then, but still too abstract and far from real-world tasks. Yandex is famous for its algorithmic approach to interviews, and I see they are trying to get rid of this label.

The position was provided by a freelance recruiter. He scheduled two to three interviews the week he contacted me. I successfully cleared them, and the interviewers were extremely nice. However, I was not provided an offer after the final "meet the t

You need to go through five technical interview stages: * Live coding * Algorithmic interview * Experience check * Systems design * Introduction to possible teams Between stages, there is usually a week's pause and a long wait for feedbac