I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Yahoo (Sunnyvale, CA) in Mar 2009
Interview
I met with about 6 or 7 people for about 30 min each. One was the hiring manager, one was her manager, and the rest were people that I would be working with. I did not meet the temp whose job I eventually took over.
They asked me a bit about my background in general, and told me what they thought the job they were interviewing me was supposed to be about. I noticed that everyone had a very different description of the job. At the end I met the HR recruiter again who offered me the job. I told her that I was not sure what the job was since everyone had a different job description.
She returned to me and said that I was right -- the company is not really sure what the job is supposed to be and that they still want to hire me, since maybe I could help them figure it out. Apparently I was the first candidate to notice this discrepancy. So that was what it took to get the job. I was simply honest. And they were honest back.
Had an initial call with the recruiter,the hiring manager, and then 4 additional interviews focused on specific parts of the business. Overall the people seemed great, but it was a lot of time to take off from current job to interview. They were staggered throughout the week which made it tough. They were very positive in the interview about next steps and the process, however was left a voicemail saying not selected with no feedback. It would be great to get the constructive feedback and understand what happened. Each interview seemed great and were positive about the next steps. Disappointed to just get a voicemail after 6 hours of time and no feedback other than we selected another candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about how you have worked with cross functional teams?
Give an example of working with a partner and you had something go wrong and wasn't part of the original scope.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo in Dec 2023
Interview
After submitting my resume I received a phone call from HR within a week or so. This went well and they scheduled my interview with the hiring manager the next week. That interview went well and I was scheduled for 5 interviews the next week. I thought those went well but I didn’t hear anything for a month despite a few e-mails to HR.
I received a call just over a month later from HR asking if my interview with someone senior went well. I said I hadn’t had that interview yet and it felt like they called me accidentally but they said they would get back to me soon. 3 weeks later I hadn’t heard anything else.
It felt strange to be ghosted after going through all of those interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between a platform PM and a feature PM?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Yahoo
Interview
Recruiter screen with all the usuals: describing the role, talking through my background, and salary expectations. Hiring Manager screen, an hour long. Mostly discussing how I work (e.g. how do you prioritize your roadmap, how have your product teams been structured, etc.). Seemed to go well. The hiring manager said I should hear back from the recruiter in 1-2 days. I was ghosted by the recruiter, never heard anything again despite emailing multiple times over a few weeks.
