Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Yahoo with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 42 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 Software Engineer(Internship) according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 22%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Personality test: 1%
Background check: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo
Interview
The process was chill, didn't go through the entire thing though. I had a first-round technical interview which was very easy and would recommend solving a bunch of lc easy's and you should be set. The process was definitely very long as I think they have just one recruiter so it took forever to hear back so if you're in the process then know that it's going to take forever to move forward.
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.