Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at LinkedIn with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 25 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at LinkedIn overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at LinkedIn as a Software Engineer according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 10%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 5%
Personality test: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Pittsburgh, PA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Very nice experience. There are 2 interviewer each round. They are kind and patient. There is about 10 minutes' behavior questions and 2 coding challenges. The questions are normal. I have seen them in glassdoor and other website. They are serious about bugs, especially corner cases. And they always want the best method if there is one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.behavior question
2.coding: word distance II class implementation and toggle the light
The interview process started with a screening round featuring one LeetCode medium problem and an SQL challenge. This was followed by a comprehensive onsite with five rounds: a LeetCode coding challenge, an SQL assessment, a system design interview, a hiring manager conversation to evaluate cultural fit, and finally a team matching phase to find the right team.
Interviewed for an SDE role. The process was well-organized and the recruiters were responsive throughout. That said, the technical rounds were significantly more challenging than expected — definitely come prepared to go deep. Overall a valuable experience regardless of the outcome.
That was a real stroke of luck — when I got to the coding round and encountered a question on finding the maximum subarray sum, I had literally seen this exact problem on prachub.com a few days earlier. The interview kicked off with a recruiter screen, followed by a technical phone interview. It was intense, especially with the focus on algorithms and data structures. I also faced some behavioral questions that challenged my experience. After a final onsite round, I received an offer and happily accepted. Overall, it was tough but rewarding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an integer array nums, find the contiguous subarray (containing at least one number) which has the largest sum and return its sum. Walk through Kadane's algorithm and explain the O(n) approach.