I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2019
Interview
I received a call from University Recruiter after a brief discussion at University Career Fair. She set up the first interview. It started with a questions on projects and previous experience. Post that I was given two leetcode medium question and was able to solve both. Got an email to setup second interview after two hours of 1st interview. This interview was similar to 1st one and I was asked two leetcode question, one medium and one hard.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is docker and what are its advantages over VM?
First stage is a technical interview that involving fixing four test case bugs in a language of your choosing. It was a time-based test, that was easy enough if you have experience writing unit tests. was conducted online via, in a group setting of all candidates
Overall experience was good. Mainly focused on DSA and Computer Science Fundamentals. In first round, was asked to submit solutions to DSA problems in presence of 3 senior engineers. In second round, was asked to explain the submitted solutions along with questions on computer science fundamentals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked DSA questions, and questions related to Operating systems, DBMS and technologies I mentioned in resume.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo in Feb 2025
Interview
Standard technical interview. Asked me about my experience, questions specific to the position, then got a coding question. Gave me the option between a standard algorithmic question or composing a view. Interviewer was kind of rude, but gave good hints and feedback.
