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      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 9, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Mountain View, CA
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2023

      Interview

      The recruiter or sometime the engineering manager contact you and schedule the interview. The interviewers sometime have an interview and doesn't even their feedback is considered. Yahoo hiring has so much politics. It's not the same company it was before pandemic.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      how to design an email system?
      Answer question

      Other Principal Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Yahoo

      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      May 21, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hyderābād
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Yahoo (Hyderābād) in May 2026

      Interview

      I was told I will be having a screening round and hr told the discussion to happen in 3 days...Waited nothing happened.. After 15 days hr asked for a quick screening round which is scheduled around 10:30 PM , ( The employee is an Indian working from US) Asked about the project details, Explained them in detail. Not a single technical question. And then again the asked for another discussion as there was a power cut after 28th min ( Interview was scheduled for 30 min). Another round of 45 min of discussion, Again no technical question , Discussion was around project and technologies used etc.etc.. Not sure what she was looking or trying to extract. Thought is waste of time

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How long you've working Why did you switch company Did you switch because of compensation.
      Answer question
      1

      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 3, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Yahoo

      Interview

      Waste of time. 4 hour work sample + 6 hours of interviews. No discussion of the work sample or feedback on it at all. Technical interviewers were not friendly or collaborative, spoke poor english.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design an email client on iOS
      Answer question
      2

      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 28, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Yahoo in Jan 2025

      Interview

      I interviewed with a different department at Yahoo in the past, and this was equally frustrating. The interview itself was not particularly difficult, however communication from the recruiter was spotty. Shortly after the virtual onsite I received positive feedback from the team, but was told they needed more time for a decision. They then proceeded to ghost me.

      Yahoo interviews FAQs

      • Principal Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Yahoo with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Principal Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Principal Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  27%

        One on one interview:  27%

        Skills test:  20%

        Personality test:  13%

        IQ intelligence test:  7%

        Background check:  7%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(494) ;
        2. Senior Software Engineer(241) ;
        3. Account Manager(108) ;
        4. Product Manager(99) ;
        5. Director(83) ;
        6. Manager(74) ;
        7. Principal Software Engineer(69) ;
        8. Senior Product Manager(66) ;
        9. Senior Manager(60) ;
        10. Intern(58) ;
        11. Project Manager(49) ;
        12. Senior Account Manager(43) ;
        13. Editor(41) ;
        14. Account Executive(34) ;
        15. Software Developer(34) .


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