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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

February 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process at LinkedIn is straightforward and thorough.

First, you'll receive a phone call from HR detailing the process and next steps.

Then, you'll have a phone interview with a Software Engineer. They will ask you a couple of coding questions on a shared document. You'll code your solutions and review them with the interviewer. These questions are generally straightforward and simple; consider the corner cases.

If the phone interview goes well, you'll be invited for an onsite interview. (There might occasionally be a second phone screen, but typically there's just the one.)

The onsite portion includes about five different types of interviews and one lunch session to learn more about LinkedIn.

  1. Coding Basics: This focuses more on your coding methodology than the code itself.
  2. Coding Extensively: Solve as many coding questions as possible, paying close attention to corner cases.
  3. Communications: Discuss your projects, mentorship, and communication skills. This is a unique and interesting interview at LinkedIn.
  4. Manager Interview: Talk about your experience, growth, and answer some general questions.
  5. System Design Interview: Demonstrate your understanding of basic components and structure your interview well.

You will receive your results approximately one week after your interview.

I found their process to be very well-organized and highly relevant.

Unfortunately, I did not make it this time, but I will definitely apply again.

For coding preparation, I recommend using LeetCode (consider premium for company-specific questions) and CTCI (Cracking the Coding Interview). Be sure to thoroughly understand your current projects, and if possible, read engineering blogs.

Questions

Not sharing questions because of the NDA.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the LinkedIn Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

11%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive63%
Neutral26%
Negative11%

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

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