Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Yandex as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sales Representative and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Sales Representative and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Yandex takes an average of 30 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Sales Representative had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Sales Representative roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
Not difficult; interview was good, happy to part of their process, it was interesting, they have me an exam which was like a case study. All of the experience was quite ok
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Yandex (Minsk) in Jan 2025
Interview
4 steps: 1)hr 2) platform 2) algo 4) system design
2) Different questions with code. Write some code or fix
3) 1-2 tasks of different complicity
4) Discussing of system design, requirements and drawing of diagram
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yandex (Moscovo, ) in Feb 2025
Interview
2 Techical interviews (Algortihms + ML system design)
2 Interviews with Team leads
Algorithms:
2 easy problems (<= leetcode medium), passed in 45 minutes
MS System design:
1 algo problem (easy), general machine learning questions (metrics, models)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Matching problem for marketplace and recommendation system