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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 1, 2016
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone interview

For the problem given to me, two approaches were possible: a recursive and an iterative solution.

The interviewer had the recursive solution clearly memorized. I presented the iterative solution.

My second question was straightforward. I wrote the code covering all boundary conditions and edge cases. I included comments for my code and explained each line, along with the reasoning behind my approach.

Very disappointing. I had respect for LinkedIn as a company; not anymore. This seems to be the trend for all LinkedIn interviews. If you code what they have in mind, you pass.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 105 interview experiences for the LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

9%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive35%
Neutral16%
Negative49%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for LinkedIn's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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