Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Yahoo with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 32 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 Product Manager according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
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The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Yahoo in Jan 2011
Interview
1. Whats your favorite tech product and why? Chose a website - tell why you like it? what are you gonna improve in it?
2. Describe MRD, PRD?
3. How would you decide what feature to put in a product?
4. How would you prioritize projects?
5. What do you look for in a product?
6. Tell me a time when you were really satisfied or dissatisfied with your result; customer demanded something that you could not deliver; handled a difficult team member?
Definitely be well versed with website designs, product initiation and requirements, interesting tech product.
The recruiting process itself was fairly standard, but communication between interview rounds could have been more transparent. There were extended periods without follow-ups, which made the overall experience feel less clear at times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How have you used data to influence your decisions?
It was a very straightforward interview process. I did a short phone screener with HR and then met with the hiring manager via Zoom. The questions were everything you'd expect - past experience, situational questions, etc.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Yahoo (Taipei)
Interview
First HR phone call ( around 1 hr), then hiring manager (anround 1 hr) and take home test plus a group interview. Will last for 1 month cos the salary process needs US approval.