Initial phone screen with recruiter to guage interest, skills, and culture fit. Second interview was a two-person panel with the team manager and one of the senior team members.
After the two-person panel, I had a call with a different recruiter who apparently took over the hiring process. She briefed me on what the next step would be and gave me details and examples of what people in each part of the four-session panel interview might ask, which I thought was really strange. It later turned out that the information she provided was partially incorrect, and I'm not sure whether she was purposefully trying to mislead me or did not understand the process for the role.
The next step, and final for me, was a four-session interview, most of which were with two team members, where each phase targeted a different aspect of the role. One was related to malware analysis and reverse engineering, another was quickly writing a short (<250 word) intelligence assessment & attribution on a prompted real-world adversary campaign, the third was a cultural/personality fit, and the final gauged analytical skills through scenarios for various open-ended questions.
I actually really enjoyed the whole interview process and all of the team members who conducted the interviews; however, the recruiter completely ghosted me aftwards which is totally unprofessional and I think speaks volumes about the company. I followed-up twice with the recruiter and they never responded. At least have the decency to tell me you're not moving forward.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Jan 2020
Interview
I had a coding challenge to do which was pretty easy, and then a recruiter call into an interview. The interview was both behavioral and coding, which were both pretty chill. I didn't get an offer because I hadn't studied my language of choice well enough.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Oct 2021
Interview
Recruiter contacted me. Had a video conference interview.
In only 10 minutes, she made a character analysis of me which was very weird how you can understand a character of a person in only 10 mins in a video call?
Gave me NO information about the role and the interview process only focused on why I want a change in my career.
I had several questions in the end, when I asked the first one, before answering, she told me sth like 'you have only one question which shows you have lack of motivation. ' I think she tried to read my mind and understood if I have any other questions or not.
Totally it was a weird experince.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your motivation in applying for this role and Linkedin.