SRE (SWE) Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
Process
The interview process was professional, but the interviewers were not up to the mark.
I received a call from the recruiter for a phone screen.
Round 1: Technical phone screen, 3 questions, 45 minutes, using Collabedit.
Onsite: 4 rounds, 1 hour each, plus lunch.
Interviewers represent the company and its culture. LinkedIn is a network of professionals; I believe they should provide training to interviewers on representing the company culture. Some of the interviewers were not at all friendly, and their body language was impolite. This puts undue pressure on the candidate and creates a negative impression of the company.
Result: I am assuming I was not selected, as I have never heard anything back from the recruiter (it has been 3 months). This is again very unprofessional. I hope someone from LinkedIn reads this and works on the interview process.
Questions
Data structures, linked lists, and system design. One laptop debugging session using Python.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the LinkedIn SRE (SWE) role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
LinkedIn's interview process for their SRE (SWE) roles in Sunnyvale, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for LinkedIn's SRE (SWE) interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
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