Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
I had an initial phone interview with a recruiter, going over the company and position, and a small handful of easy technical questions.
The second interview was also over the phone with one engineer, covering some lower-level Linux and monitoring issues and discussion.
The third interview was on-site and included:
- Three technical sections
- A one-on-one interview
- Lunch
- A behavioral interview
Questions
The recruiter asked general OS theory and DNS theory questions.
The second round focused on coding, including HTTPS API calls and recursion.
The on-site interview included debugging an Apache server issue, handling a site accident, and discussing site scale architecture.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the LinkedIn Site Reliability Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
LinkedIn's interview process for their Site Reliability Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for LinkedIn's Site Reliability Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
LinkedIn Work Experiences
- 5.0Great place to grow professionallySite Reliability Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 15, 2014Pros: Great people to work with. Free food. I really like the work culture.Cons: No cons I can think of.
- 5.0LinkedIn is truly an amazing companySite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 23, 2016Pros: Excellent benefits. * 50% 401k match up to the federal limit. If you contribute $18,000, LinkedIn will put in $9,000, and you'll be 100% vested immediately. * 100% of all medical, dental, vision, etc. premiums are covered by LinkedIn. * Free breakfast and lunch every day, and dinner four days a week. * $2,000 a year to use for child care, pet care, personal trainers, massages, tennis lessons, etc. Lots of smart people.Cons: The development tools can be pretty terrible. The leadership for the Tools Engineering org is pretty bad. Many days have been wasted fiddling with some of the development tools. There is also an unhealthy obsession with building things from scratch as opposed to just using the open source versions. There are some things that are being built that we clearly do not have expertise in and which have excellent open source versions.
- 5.0Great Culture, Slow PaceSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 3, 2021Pros: Great culture, great work-life balance, and great food.Cons: Things move slowly, given its size.
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