I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Jose, CA)
Interview
2 initial phone screens where you will be asked to code on a collabedit link.
Then 5 onsite rounds.
2 Techincal ----> where they ask algo questions and expect code.
1 Design ---> Where we have to design a problem.
1 Design ---> Where you have to explain a project you have worked on.
1 ----> Where they simply talk about your background/your interest and other stuff.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question were simple. They do have a question bank.
a) Find the nearest K point given a set of N point.
b) Print a tree level-by level.
c) Given a dictionary find and set of two words find path from one word to another such that all the intermediate words are also from dictionary.
Example: GOD -> GID -> DID -> DIG -> DOG.
At each time we are allowed only one character change.
d) Design an Hangman. { They expect MVC architecture. }
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Was greeted by a person who basically walked me around the office during my interview, did a couple of rounds with a group on a whiteboard solving a coding challenge, and one to solve a software architecture challenge. Had lunch onsite. And one round of interview with someone who wasn't technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write the code to generate an English language rendition of any integer up to 100,000,000.
I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Had an initial phone screen round-
Questions - Regular Medium level question, string manipulation
Follow up - Concurrency related on top of the first question.
Waiting for the second round right now
Failed at initial screening
Asked about mutex and how 2 processes can communicate with each other, I got nervous and coulnt explain my thoughts properly
Then asked the simple backtracking interview question, solved it, but also didnt do good job communicating
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
mutex and communication between processes
backtracking easy question (count islands)
