J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA) en oct. 2015
Entretien
Recruiter reached out for an informational discussion. Then I had a one-hour phone interview with coderpad.io, relatively difficult. I was invited to the San Francisco office for an all-day (9-5) interview day, which included about 15 candidates. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner were all provided, and the food was very good. Swag was also provided. Before heading to the west coast, my recruiter explained very clearly the process I would go through - 2 standard algorithmic interviews, 1 "design" interview, and 1 "manager" interview, with a more behavioral focus. The day matched exactly, which was good; however, I was not experienced in non-algorithmic interviews, so the day was rather difficult. LinkedIn pays for 2 hotel nights.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
arrays, trees & general data structures, full-stack design of a popular web service, behavioral questions about your interests and why you want to work at LinkedIn
J'ai passé un entretien chez LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA)
Entretien
The interview process started with a screening round featuring one LeetCode medium problem and an SQL challenge. This was followed by a comprehensive onsite with five rounds: a LeetCode coding challenge, an SQL assessment, a system design interview, a hiring manager conversation to evaluate cultural fit, and finally a team matching phase to find the right team.
J'ai passé un entretien chez LinkedIn (Sunnyvale, CA)
Entretien
Interviewed for an SDE role. The process was well-organized and the recruiters were responsive throughout. That said, the technical rounds were significantly more challenging than expected — definitely come prepared to go deep. Overall a valuable experience regardless of the outcome.
That was a real stroke of luck — when I got to the coding round and encountered a question on finding the maximum subarray sum, I had literally seen this exact problem on prachub.com a few days earlier. The interview kicked off with a recruiter screen, followed by a technical phone interview. It was intense, especially with the focus on algorithms and data structures. I also faced some behavioral questions that challenged my experience. After a final onsite round, I received an offer and happily accepted. Overall, it was tough but rewarding.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Given an integer array nums, find the contiguous subarray (containing at least one number) which has the largest sum and return its sum. Walk through Kadane's algorithm and explain the O(n) approach.