The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Yahoo (Sunnyvale, CA) in Aug 2009
Interview
I had 2 rounds of telephonic interviews:
Round 1:
Basic C++ questions
- Difference between new and malloc
- Virtual functions
- VTable
- Virtual Destructors
- REST/SOAP
- Difference between POST and GET
Round 2:
- Difference between thread and process.
- Spinlocks
- Semaphores
- Segmentation faults
- Shared memory programming for interprocess communication
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Linux platform specific questions: What exact error is thrown when access violations happen?
The overall interview process was positive and well-structured. It consisted of five rounds in total:
Round 1: Initial recruiter screening call.
Round 2: Hiring manager interview.
Round 3: Frontend technical problem via CoderPad.
Round 4: Final loop (3 rounds).
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo
Interview
Started with a phone screen round, then 5 virtual onsite rounds consisting of two System Designs, two Behavioural rounds and a DSA round was taken. All of the interviewers came well prepared and conducted the interviews smoothly.
Intro call
System design
Technical discussion
Product collaboration
Technical screening
No dsa and leetcode, no take home assignment which is nice. Hard to prep for either you will pass or fail nothing to really practice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when, what was your role in xyz project
