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Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 29, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter reached out to me a few months ago asking if I was interested in possibly pursuing an opportunity working with LinkedIn.

Two phone screens followed, both technical and conducted over a site like CollabEdit. The interviewers were nice, and the questions were not too difficult; they seem to draw from a test bank.

I was then invited for an on-site round. During the on-site round, you go through six interviews:

  • Two coding interviews
  • One technical communication interview
  • One interview on a past project
  • One design interview

Make sure you prepare for the coding section! You don't have the freedom to answer the questions in any way you wish; you have to follow the function headers they provide.

Questions

Everything they ask can really just be found online.

There is no real difference in difficulty between the phone and in-person sections.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 285 interview experiences for the LinkedIn Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

16%
Pass Rate

LinkedIn's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive49%
Neutral26%
Negative26%

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

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