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Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 16, 2014
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Had the first phone call with HR. It went fine.

Then there were two phone interviews. Both interviewers asked traditional questions.

The second technical round interviewer was very rude. He did not introduce himself. He got into the coding test directly. He asked two questions, which I answered in 30 minutes out of the one-hour interview. He had nothing better to do, so he asked me to trace the whole recursive code on the phone.

I don't know how these people judge someone's skills. Their questions are either from LeetCode or some fixed set from a pool. I got a rejection the next day, even after answering their questions well in time.

Questions

Power of a number. Wrote a log n algorithm directly.

Level order traversal.

Permutations of an array of numbers. Wrote a recursive algorithm.

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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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