Yahoo·Software Engineer

Yahoo Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

IsraelPosted Jan 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter touchpoint, my interview ended up being two back-to-back technical parts, each with a different interviewer.

Both parts were algorithm-focused: I was given a problem and expected to write the solution in code. The overall session lasted about an hour, and it was paced like a steady problem-solving sprint rather than anything overly conversational.

One of the technical segments felt more like a guided problem session on a video call where the recruiter was monitoring with the camera on. I had to work through the prompt and provide a working solution within an hour on Microsoft Teams, so I was thinking and coding under time pressure the whole time. The experience didn’t feel particularly friendly or

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