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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

December 9, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I failed at the initial screening. The interviewer asked about a mutex and how two processes can communicate with each other. I got nervous and couldn't explain my thoughts properly. Then they asked a simple backtracking interview question. I solved it, but I also didn't do a good job communicating.

Questions

The questions covered mutex and communication between processes, along with a backtracking easy question like counting islands.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

8%
Pass Rate

LinkedIn's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive46%
Neutral15%
Negative38%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for LinkedIn's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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