I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Pittsburgh, PA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Very nice experience. There are 2 interviewer each round. They are kind and patient. There is about 10 minutes' behavior questions and 2 coding challenges. The questions are normal. I have seen them in glassdoor and other website. They are serious about bugs, especially corner cases. And they always want the best method if there is one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.behavior question
2.coding: word distance II class implementation and toggle the light
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at LinkedIn (New York, NY) in Jan 2016
Interview
I applied through both internal referral and online. Shortly after we hooked up I attended the phone interview. I was asked a simple coding question and some machine learning and system design questions. The interviewer sounded impressed.
They arranged the on-site interview with me after Xmas vacation. It was at their NYC office and it's from 10am to 5pm. About 3 interviews had 2 interviewers attended, the others 1. About 3 interviews in the afternoon are remote from their CA office. Most of the questions are system design related to the products they're working on, which I feel are hard to prepare beforehand and tricky to answer. Coding and algorithm questions are relatively few but some were impressively hard.
Note the entire process can be very tiring, because 1) it's from 10am to 5pm, 2) most of them require writing on white board a lot, and 3) their office at Empire State building requires authority to pass the door between interview room and restroom. In fact I didn't go to the restroom between remote interviews because I couldn't find someone to hold the door for me.
I waited for several weeks and also tried follow-up mails, but didn't hear back from them at all. About 4 weeks later I just decided to call them directly and finally learned that I'm no longer considered.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For on-site interview, most of the questions are system design related to the products they're working on, which I feel are hard to prepare beforehand and tricky to answer. Coding and algorithm questions are relatively few but some were impressively hard.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LinkedIn
Interview
The first round is phone interview. There are two interviewees and they are pretty nice. First we introduces ourselves and they asked me several problems on my resume. Then each interviewee asked me an algorithm coding question. Besides coding, they also asked about the time complexity and space complexity. The process was more likely a discussion and interviewees would also give out some hint if I stuck at some step.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Determine whether a number has an integer square root?