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Yahoo Softwaretest Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 17 Nov 2024

Yahoo Softwaretest Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Test contains 26 questions for me 13 are java based 13 are c++ based

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Indexing in dbms
  • Ans. 

    Indexing in DBMS is a technique to improve the performance of queries by creating a data structure that allows for faster retrieval of data.

    • Indexes are created on columns in a database table to speed up the retrieval of rows that match a certain condition.

    • Types of indexes include clustered, non-clustered, unique, and composite indexes.

    • Examples of indexing techniques include B-tree, hash, and bitmap indexes.

    • Indexing can...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find whether two strings are or not anagrams
  • Ans. 

    Check if two strings are anagrams by comparing the sorted characters in each string.

    • Sort the characters in both strings and compare if they are equal.

    • Ignore spaces and punctuation when comparing the strings.

    • Example: 'listen' and 'silent' are anagrams.

    • Example: 'hello' and 'world' are not anagrams.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Inorder traversal without recursion
  • Ans. 

    Use a stack to simulate the recursive inorder traversal process

    • Create an empty stack to store nodes

    • Start with the root node and push it onto the stack

    • While the stack is not empty, keep traversing left and pushing nodes onto the stack

    • Once you reach a leaf node, pop it from the stack, print its value, and move to its right child

    • Repeat the process until all nodes have been visited

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to make a class final
  • Ans. 

    To make a class final, use the 'final' keyword in the class declaration.

    • Use the 'final' keyword before the 'class' keyword in the class declaration

    • A final class cannot be subclassed or extended

    • Final classes are often used for utility classes or classes that should not be modified

  • Answered by AI

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Design Parking - at C# ~ hour

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - learn design, take one day free for all interviews
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Online test on hacker rank . difficult level

Round 2 - Assignment 

Assignmemt on sorting array

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Sliding Window and Dynamic Programming questions

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was test on hacker rank

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was Dsa question of medium level
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Very easy question over online platform

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. I don't remember
  • Q2. Explain the project you have been working on
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Be Confident, clear fundamentals, Stepwise Explanation with your actual experience with the technology or project
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 medium/hard level algorithm questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - get very familiar with lite code and hacker ranks challenges and you should be good
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Best leadership principle
  • Q2. Work experience
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Leetcode medium - given an array of words, determine how many

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

The first round is OA and the majority questions are from leet code or similar

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Second round is one to one and be ready for coding as well as some behavioural
  • Q2. Leet code questions of easy to medium level
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. The third round is also same as second and sometimes they go for 3rd also
  • Q2. Leet code of medium level
  • Ans. 

    Find the longest substring with at most k distinct characters.

    • Use a sliding window approach to keep track of the distinct characters in the substring.

    • Keep track of the start and end indices of the current substring.

    • Update the start index of the substring when the number of distinct characters exceeds k.

    • Update the end index of the substring and the length of the longest substring when a new longest substring is found.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain an indecent when you failed in your task

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just do leet code and sharpen your understanding for DSA

Skills evaluated in this interview

Yahoo Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Yahoo Softwaretest Engineer interview?
Yahoo interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Yahoo interview process are Technical and Coding Test.
What are the top questions asked in Yahoo Softwaretest Engineer interview?

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