I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at LinkedIn
Interview
I was contacted by recruiter after their campus visit. I had two phone interviews and 6 interviews when on-site. The phone interviews are not difficult at all. The on-site interviews are a bit tough in term of the number of interviews. There are 2 design questions and 3 algorithms questions, and one manager interview, discussing technical stuff.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
Very average interview questions which lasted for about 2 hours and a half. Asked question
On past experiences and very scenario based questions. Recruiter was very prompt on getting back with an answer as I had a tight dead line. Overall a pleasant experience to interview with the recruiting team at LinkedIn.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Nov 2012
Interview
** Phone Interview (1 hour)
Simple coding questions and Object oriented questions.
** Onsite Interview (6.5 hours)
2x simple coding interviews, 1x design architecture interview, 1x interview with higher up management + lunch, 1x HR.
I would not recommend people to apply or work at this company because management issues can be seen even during the interview process:
1) Each interview you get a senior interviewer and a junior interviewer, during the interview I can see the junior interviewer trying to please the senior interviewer and get attention from the senior interviewer.
2) Higher management guy I met with did not have fond words to say about LinkedIn. When we had lunch, we bumped into a lot of people but no one greeted him. I did not get a feeling that higher management is very liked/approachable by others in the company.