First there is an exploratory call from the recruiter. The details of the open position, the fitment and the expectations are discussed. An email communication from the recruiter follows explaining the several rounds of interviews. Hints are provided for preparing well for the interviews. Thereafter, the process is swift - as per the availability shared by the interviewer, the interviews are promptly scheduled without any delay. The interviews happen. Interviewers are very cordial and professional. Good experience with recruiters as well as interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on Software Craftsmanship, Leadership and Execution apart from Coding, System & Infrastructure Design.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Sunnyvale, CA) in Oct 2022
Interview
Wasn't really an interview. Interviewer wasn't really prepared for the interview. Recruiter said I would be interviewed as a mobile engineer but they sent a full stack engineer to interview me, who had no idea on what I was talking about. Interviewer instead tried to assess my seniority based on the number of people I had an influence over. Was asking questions about conflict resolution but wasn't really interested in the answer because it appeared that they had already made up their mind. Feedback was passed along directly to the recruiter right after the interview and recruiter sent a vague rejection right away, making it appear that they would consider me for other roles. Overall it was a pretty negative experience considering the interviewer cut the interview short. Ironic considering that LinkedIn is in the hiring and recruiting business.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Interviewer: Describe a challenging problem you are working on?
Interviewer: Have you had any conflicts at all? Question posed in a way that assumed that I likely wouldn't have any conflicts to talk about, it felt like a rhetorical question because the interviewer was looking for reasons to cut the interview short.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA) in May 2022
Interview
I had a weird interview experience for a Senior Staff Software Engineer role at LinkedIn.
It’s called the evaluation round, interviewer himself is Sr Staff, and the interviewer was very aggressive in nature which surprises me how badly he prepared for the interview, a Sr staff showed zero empathy and compassion, and lacks interviewing skills.
I do have a very great experience with other companies.
While I m not surprised with the result, what surprises me is how come companies like LinkedIn don’t train Sr engineers on how to conduct interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were on a 10-year-old project that I worked on, isn't crazy?
