I applied through other source. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Phone interview with recruiter, phone interview with hiring manager. Possible excel challenge. Interview was semi formal. Basic questions. Position needed to be filled quickly. If offer was extended needed to start in two weeks
Call with recruiter, then hiring manager, then check-in with recruiter, and 30 min video call with Excel challenge. The hiring manager seemed very sharp and intelligent. I had some issues with Excel during the video interview (computer was lagging a lot with the large data set, and my internet was also very spotty), so wasn't able to finish the questions in time and felt like I was in a constant time crunch. I didn't move on and was a bit bummed that I didn't speak out about the long lag times. Suggestions if any recruiter is reading this - should probably have candidates do these Excel challenges in person using company laptops since candidates can have really variable laptop speeds.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2015
Interview
1. Interview with HR - Run through your CV, expectations from the role and also monetary expectations.
2. Technical interview (someone from the team) - A few data related questions were asked on given data(in my case Excel)
3. Interview with hiring manager - competancy based
4. Onsite interviews - Back to back 4 interviews with high management, stakeholders and potential colleagues, case study involved, very tiring.
5. Phone interview with Director
Everyone was really welcoming and interviews were in a relaxed environment.
Offer was not satisfactory (same amount as my salary at that time) and they were not willing to negotiate so i declined.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Linkedin? Why this role? Tell me a time when ... type of questions .
Excel data analysis
Case study