I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Sunnyvale, CA) in Aug 2019
Interview
I got contacted by a recruiter on Linkedin. Even though I do not consider myself as a senior, I decided to start the process.
I had a phone screen, 1 easy coding problem, 1 medium coding problem that I was not able to optimize.
I didn't pass to the next steps.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Portland, OR) in Aug 2019
Interview
I got contacted by a recruiter from LinkedId through this same network. She offered to apply to a position to work at Sunnyvale, California.
Got phone screening lasting 30 minutes, just to getting know each other. After confirming my interest in moving forward, I got scheduled one week later for a technical remote test.
This second interview was remotely using a zoom link. I was contacted by a Senior Software Engineer from the team they were looking to recruit. We had a brief introduction and continue to do the test which I was presented an embedded IDE web page to solve the interview question in 1 hour and a half.
Unfortunately, I didn't pass it due to a lack of training in algorithms and data structures. In fact, it was easier. The next step would be an on-site interview to do whiteboards and design system problems but I didn't continue with the process.
The recruiter was always in touch with me and she gave me useful feedback, encouraging me to try after one year and prepare. This definitely was a nice experience although I didn't get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given 2 sorted arrays of primitive ints, define the methods for having the intersection and union for both.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2019
Interview
Initially I went through a phone screen technical where I performed coding tasks and displayed general technical knowledge. After being accepted after the phone interview I was invited for an onsite interview in San Francisco. It was surprising that I was needed to be sent there instead of interviewing at the local LinkedIn office. Overall it was an enlightening process of how this style of interview was done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
During the in person interview I was asked how I would architect a rebuild of a URL shorting website.