I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Feb 2016
Interview
This was an especially interesting experience with LinkedIn. This being the second time I have interviewed with the company, the first time also the experience wasn't worth a mention.
I applied for a Sr. level job and got contacted by a recruiter saying those positions are not open but a Test Engineer position is open.
I told her I wasn't interested in an entry level position that was only for testing. She assured me it was a automation development role. For one, the ambiguity in the title strikes me as off-putting. However, I appreciate the fact that they send a lot of preparatory material links to get you on board for the interview. That's a good move.
Then she scheduled for the interview. On the appointed hour, 2 members of the team contacted me.
From the tone of the interviewer, I could tell LinkedIn apparently does not provide training to interviewers. He asked questions as though he already knew it was a waste of his time and I am not going to be able to perform well.
Throughout he kept interrupting my thought process. I have interviewed with other companies, where the interviewer knows when to shut up and hold his horses. This guy seemed a little too anxious.
I admit I had some trouble answering his questions. I made some mistakes, but I corrected them as well. In the end, I could say I did answer correctly although with some pokes.
Usually when you read online about interviewers assessing you, you are often told the correct answer doesn't matter and your thought process does. However, I can already sense they are going to reject me meaning the thought process really did not matter in this case.
LinkedIn is a great company but I hope they provide some sort of training to interviewers about how to conduct coding interviews and the psychology behind being in the hot seat.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
The first round was a 30 minute phone call with the recruiter. Then the next was a 30 minute phone interview with an employee that would have similar job duties. Then there were two onsite interviews, that consisted of three 1:1 rounds.
Everyone was amazing! It was a very smooth process. I always felt like I was in the "loop" and knew what the next steps were.
Overall, I was very happy with the the whole process. From start to finish it was about a month, but that's because it was over the Holiday season.
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?