Yahoo Japan Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Yahoo Japan.
Yahoo Japan
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 7 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design
I applied and heard back from the hiring manager for a quick phone call just 4 days later. Then, the recruiter took about three weeks to figure out my visa situation with Yahoo's immigration folks. After that, I had a full day of six interviews lined up with different people from frontend, design, engineering, and product teams. Everyone seemed pretty cool, and the vibe was really open and generally nice. The Flickr offices are in a neat building downtown in the financial district. Oh, and everything is purple.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Can you write a regular expression that matches telephone numbers?
- Given a very large MySQL table, what's an efficient method for selecting 20 random rows?
- How can you make a file executable using chmod if the chmod command itself isn't executable?
Yahoo Japan
Software Development Engineer
Entry Easy Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Phone screen Background check Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
It was almost three interviews for new grads. The first was a potential interview, the second was a pro interview, and the last was an HR interview. All had easy questions. But the biggest problem was that the interviewer might not be from the department you want to join. For instance, if you selected the data science department, the HR might be from infra and talk about infra for 30 minutes, wasting all the time.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you tell me why you chose Yahoo?
- What are your career aspirations at Yahoo Japan?
- To what extent are you familiar with the infrastructure at Yahoo?
Yahoo Japan
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
The first part was to build a table reservation system. The second part was a math question about combination but we had to handle large numbers. Since I was using C++, I had to use the boost library.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Could you build a table reservation system?
- How would you solve a math problem involving combinations with large numbers, potentially using C++ and the boost library?
Yahoo Japan Software Engineer Interview Questions
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“How can you make a file executable using chmod if the chmod command itself isn't executable?”
Read reports →“Given a very large MySQL table, what's an efficient method for selecting 20 random rows?”
Read reports →“Can you write a regular expression that matches telephone numbers?”
Read reports →“Can you explain what inline functions are?”
Read reports →“How would you solve a math problem involving combinations with large numbers, potentially using C++ and the boost library?”
Read report →“What strategies would you use to combat spam on a platform like Flickr?”
Read report →“Compared to other foreign companies in Japan, why did you choose Yahoo Japan?”
Read report →“Could you write the logic and template code for a Flickr sets webpage and discuss potential scalability problems?”
Read report →“Could you build a table reservation system?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 12 Yahoo Japan interview reports.