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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

January 1, 2009

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter from LinkedIn, and HR asked several Java questions. I then had a phone interview with the hiring manager and passed.

Next, I went to an onsite interview on the second day. Each interview had two interviewers (I think one senior and one junior), which surprised me a little bit because I've never seen that situation before. The interview questions were mostly algorithm and coding-related, not overly difficult for any senior engineer. Unfortunately, I got stuck on one question (related to a recursive function), became a little anxious, and then one interviewer complained that my attitude was very bad.

Done.

Questions

How to track a JS connection problem in a browser?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.

Success Rate

25%

Pass Rate

LinkedIn's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive45%

Neutral20%

Negative35%

Candidates reported having good feelings for LinkedIn's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.

LinkedIn Work Experiences

Great Problems, Office Politics

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Great problems to solve. Great data to work with. Great potential in becoming the next big thing. Teammates with a high hiring bar.

Cons: Inter-team politics. Senior management lack of focus. Too much emphasis on non-core business items. Running behind the next hot thing before perfecting existing ones. Kill all legacy systems and become a Web 2.5 company, as it should be.

Great Problems, Office Politics

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Great problems to solve. Great data to work with. Great potential in becoming the next big thing. Teammates with a high hiring bar.

Cons: Inter-team politics. Senior management lack of focus. Too much emphasis on non-core business items. Running behind the next hot thing before perfecting existing ones. Kill all legacy systems and become a Web 2.5 company, as it should be.

Wonderful if you're on the right team

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

November 11, 2013

Pros: Perks similar to what you would find at a company like Google: * Free food with an on-site cafe * Gym * Dry cleaning pick-up * Snack rooms * Game rooms Very flexible hours and less silos than a lot of places I've worked in the past. A lot of good people willing to work with you rather than against you. Some fun challenges and a great amount of mobility.

Cons: I've been on some teams that were hyperachievers with messed-up work/life balances. They ended up working 13-hour days and achieving less than other teams that were more reasonable. Some of middle management just creates more work rather than facilitating.

Wonderful if you're on the right team

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

November 11, 2013

Pros: Perks similar to what you would find at a company like Google: * Free food with an on-site cafe * Gym * Dry cleaning pick-up * Snack rooms * Game rooms Very flexible hours and less silos than a lot of places I've worked in the past. A lot of good people willing to work with you rather than against you. Some fun challenges and a great amount of mobility.

Cons: I've been on some teams that were hyperachievers with messed-up work/life balances. They ended up working 13-hour days and achieving less than other teams that were more reasonable. Some of middle management just creates more work rather than facilitating.

Best company I've ever worked for and one of the best overall in Silicon Valley

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Engineers are treated world-class, a stark contrast from a lot of so-called "tech companies" that don't actually care about their technical talent. The best upper management/executive team I've ever worked under. Very transparent group of leaders. It starts from Jeff Weiner (who is the best CEO in the tech industry) and trickles down to everyone else. Amazing perks like: * Free catered food * Free snacks and drinks Great compensation and stock packages. Awesome work/life balance. Almost all of my co-workers care for the success of the company and are great to work with. Lots of promoting from within. Great location in Mountain View.

Cons: I can't think of anything major enough to consider a "con" of working at LinkedIn. I would say that I wish the gym was nicer/larger and had stuff like spin classes offered, but that's a really low priority for me.

Best company I've ever worked for and one of the best overall in Silicon Valley

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Engineers are treated world-class, a stark contrast from a lot of so-called "tech companies" that don't actually care about their technical talent. The best upper management/executive team I've ever worked under. Very transparent group of leaders. It starts from Jeff Weiner (who is the best CEO in the tech industry) and trickles down to everyone else. Amazing perks like: * Free catered food * Free snacks and drinks Great compensation and stock packages. Awesome work/life balance. Almost all of my co-workers care for the success of the company and are great to work with. Lots of promoting from within. Great location in Mountain View.

Cons: I can't think of anything major enough to consider a "con" of working at LinkedIn. I would say that I wish the gym was nicer/larger and had stuff like spin classes offered, but that's a really low priority for me.

Great Problems, Office Politics

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Great problems to solve. Great data to work with. Great potential in becoming the next big thing. Teammates with a high hiring bar.

Cons: Inter-team politics. Senior management lack of focus. Too much emphasis on non-core business items. Running behind the next hot thing before perfecting existing ones. Kill all legacy systems and become a Web 2.5 company, as it should be.

3.0
Great Problems, Office Politics
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 23, 2010
Pros: Great problems to solve. Great data to work with. Great potential in becoming the next big thing. Teammates with a high hiring bar.
Cons: Inter-team politics. Senior management lack of focus. Too much emphasis on non-core business items. Running behind the next hot thing before perfecting existing ones. Kill all legacy systems and become a Web 2.5 company, as it should be.

Wonderful if you're on the right team

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

November 11, 2013

Pros: Perks similar to what you would find at a company like Google: * Free food with an on-site cafe * Gym * Dry cleaning pick-up * Snack rooms * Game rooms Very flexible hours and less silos than a lot of places I've worked in the past. A lot of good people willing to work with you rather than against you. Some fun challenges and a great amount of mobility.

Cons: I've been on some teams that were hyperachievers with messed-up work/life balances. They ended up working 13-hour days and achieving less than other teams that were more reasonable. Some of middle management just creates more work rather than facilitating.

4.0
Wonderful if you're on the right team
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
November 11, 2013
Pros: Perks similar to what you would find at a company like Google: * Free food with an on-site cafe * Gym * Dry cleaning pick-up * Snack rooms * Game rooms Very flexible hours and less silos than a lot of places I've worked in the past. A lot of good people willing to work with you rather than against you. Some fun challenges and a great amount of mobility.
Cons: I've been on some teams that were hyperachievers with messed-up work/life balances. They ended up working 13-hour days and achieving less than other teams that were more reasonable. Some of middle management just creates more work rather than facilitating.

Best company I've ever worked for and one of the best overall in Silicon Valley

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Engineers are treated world-class, a stark contrast from a lot of so-called "tech companies" that don't actually care about their technical talent. The best upper management/executive team I've ever worked under. Very transparent group of leaders. It starts from Jeff Weiner (who is the best CEO in the tech industry) and trickles down to everyone else. Amazing perks like: * Free catered food * Free snacks and drinks Great compensation and stock packages. Awesome work/life balance. Almost all of my co-workers care for the success of the company and are great to work with. Lots of promoting from within. Great location in Mountain View.

Cons: I can't think of anything major enough to consider a "con" of working at LinkedIn. I would say that I wish the gym was nicer/larger and had stuff like spin classes offered, but that's a really low priority for me.

5.0
Best company I've ever worked for and one of the best overall in Silicon Valley
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
April 4, 2013
Pros: Engineers are treated world-class, a stark contrast from a lot of so-called "tech companies" that don't actually care about their technical talent. The best upper management/executive team I've ever worked under. Very transparent group of leaders. It starts from Jeff Weiner (who is the best CEO in the tech industry) and trickles down to everyone else. Amazing perks like: * Free catered food * Free snacks and drinks Great compensation and stock packages. Awesome work/life balance. Almost all of my co-workers care for the success of the company and are great to work with. Lots of promoting from within. Great location in Mountain View.
Cons: I can't think of anything major enough to consider a "con" of working at LinkedIn. I would say that I wish the gym was nicer/larger and had stuff like spin classes offered, but that's a really low priority for me.

LinkedIn Interview Questions

Binary Tree Upside Down

Transform a binary tree so that the original left-most leaf becomes the new root. The original root becomes a left child, and the original right child becomes the right child of the original root's parent.

Insert Delete GetRandom O(1)

Design a data structure that supports insertion, deletion, and random element retrieval, all in constant time on average. You'll need to handle edge cases carefully to achieve O(1) complexity.

ArraysArraysDynamic Programming

Nested List Weight Sum II

You're given a nested list of integers where each integer has a depth. Calculate the weighted sum of all integers, where the weight is the depth of the integer from the bottom of the nested structure.

ArraysRecursion

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