I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo (Sunnyvale, CA)
Interview
I was referred by an internal employee for an interview. I was flown to the Sunnyvale office for a day-long interview. It started with an hour-long portfolio review, with a Q+A toward the end. For the rest of the day I had a 1-to-1 interview with different employees, ranging from a manager, PM, and designers, with a lunch break at noon. Quite a standard procedure.
Started with call screen, then a portfolio review, then some design exercises, and finally a panel presentation. After got some lunch with team to get to know each other a bit more, after got a call from recruiter with offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you feel about designing inane contribution requirements to get 12 months of access to a job posting/salary aggregator site?
It's a good experience to interview with Yahoo. People are friendly here. All the processes are smooth and easy. Just get familiar with your portfolio and don't be nervous. 5 round of interviews,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What’s the last time have a conflict with your colleague?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo in Mar 2018
Interview
Too long, not personal. They seemed unclear about the roles they were hiring for. Lot of animosity could be felt. They did not have set expectations for the internship
Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Yahoo with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Designer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Yahoo overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Yahoo as a Designer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Background check: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Personality test: 6%
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