The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Yahoo in May 2010
Interview
Interview Process:
* Phone Interview/conversation with the recruiter
* Phone Interview with the hiring manager
* Scheduler helped with setting up the on-site interview co-ordination
* On-site interview for about half-a-day with the team
- 4-5 interviews depending probably on the hiring manager
* Interviews were mainly on the experience & relevant to the product
- Challenges and problems solved/faced
- Included technical questions
- Fermi questions like "Estimate the volume of water on the Earth"
* I interviewed in 2 different groups & made it to the on-site in both
- In one of the positions, the group hired an internal candidate
- In the other a candidate referred by an internal employee was preferred. The manager mentioned that "...there is nothing wrong with you but an internally referred candidate was hard to say no to"
- I would recommend that go via internal referral of some sort - not only here but in any/all big companies
People & Work Culture:
- People were all great. I found them knowledgeable, helpful & made you feel welcome. Managers are/were very busy but still found time to respond to my emails post the interview process
- Most if not all functional groups were represented in the interview - Engineering (Dev & QA), Program Management & ofcourse the Product Management team
- The mood was positive. Seemed like they had a plan and were driving towards a goal
- Individual properties seemed to be driving their own individual product strategies but there is/was a plan to have consistency in that regard
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.
