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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
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
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

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 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Describe binary tree
  • Ans. 

    A binary tree is a hierarchical data structure in which each node has at most two children.

    • Consists of nodes connected by edges

    • Each node can have at most two children, referred to as left child and right child

    • The left child is smaller than the parent node, while the right child is greater

    • Used for efficient searching, sorting, and organizing data

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to validate ip addres?
  • Ans. 

    To validate an IP address, check if it consists of four numbers separated by periods, each number being between 0 and 255.

    • Split the IP address string by periods to get an array of four numbers

    • Check if the array length is 4

    • Loop through each number in the array and check if it is between 0 and 255

    • If any number is outside the valid range, the IP address is invalid

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - learn about algorithm and data structure, you can choose interview programming language

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Indeed and was interviewed before Aug 2022. There were 3 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 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a program to mirror the pixel in a screen matrix of 24 bit pixels
  • Ans. 

    Program to mirror the pixel in a screen matrix of 24 bit pixels

    • Create a 2D array to represent the screen matrix of pixels

    • Iterate through each row and swap the pixels from left to right

    • Ensure to handle the 24 bit pixels properly for mirroring

    • Example: [[255, 0, 0], [0, 255, 0], [0, 0, 255]] -> [[0, 0, 255], [0, 255, 0], [255, 0, 0]]

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Coding Test 

3 rounds of coding problems in c++ from various disciplines some relatively easy and some hard

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do a lot of leetcode

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

You better prepare for dynamic programming

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Dynamic programming langeuage
  • Q2. What is the max sub array?
  • Ans. 

    Max sub array refers to the contiguous subarray within an array that has the largest sum of elements.

    • Max sub array problem is a common algorithmic problem in computer science.

    • It involves finding the subarray with the largest sum of elements.

    • Example: Given array [1, -2, 3, 4, -1, 2, 1, -5, 4], the max sub array is [3, 4, -1, 2, 1] with a sum of 9.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - BE prepare to do many dynamic programming questions because it will get you. And many of graphs problems because it widely used all over.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 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.
View all Resume tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Leetcode hard 2 questions cat chicken problem

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Leet code hard level questions
Round 4 - Coding Test 

Leetcode hard lld questions and mr round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Grind leetcode and focus on design and project
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Dp questions - longest increasing subsequence
  • Ans. 

    Find the longest increasing subsequence in an array.

    • Use dynamic programming to solve this problem.

    • Iterate through the array and keep track of the longest increasing subsequence ending at each index.

    • Return the maximum length found.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Grapg question - detect a cycle
  • Ans. 

    Detecting a cycle in a graph using depth-first search or Floyd's cycle detection algorithm.

    • Use depth-first search to detect a cycle in a graph by keeping track of visited nodes and checking for back edges.

    • Alternatively, use Floyd's cycle detection algorithm for detecting a cycle in a linked list or graph.

    • Example: For a graph with nodes A, B, C, D and edges (A->B, B->C, C->D, D->A), a cycle is detected when visiting nod...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA Based questions were asked

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About Relocation
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

DSA, puzzles, DBMS, OD, and networking

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