LinkedIn Software Engineer Interview Questions
473+ LinkedIn Software Engineer interview questions drawn from real candidate reports. Sources include 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode. Questions span every stage of the LinkedIn Software Engineer loop: OA, phone screen, system design, behavioral, and onsite coding.
What to Expect in the LinkedIn Software Engineer Interview
The LinkedIn Software Engineer interview process typically runs 4 to 6 rounds depending on seniority level. Based on candidate reports in the LeakCode database, the loop usually includes a resume review, an online assessment or coding phone screen, one or more technical rounds, a system design round (for senior and above), and a behavioral or values round.
Difficulty skews toward medium and hard LeetCode-style problems in the coding rounds. System design questions test breadth (component selection, scaling, trade-off reasoning) more than deep implementation. Behavioral questions are tied to the company's stated values and principles.
LinkedIn Software Engineer Questions (Sample)
LinkedIn SWE Infra Interview Experience for Software Engineer
Sharing my recent interview experience for a Software Engineer role at LinkedIn. Hope this helps others preparing for similar roles. ### Screening Round First 30 mins : Deep dive into past projects Se
LinkedIn SWE IC2 Infra Phone Screening Experience
Hey guys, I just went through the initial screening round. 1. Project deep dive (wanted to understand under how much scale I have worked) 2. Few CS fundamentals - Java basics - Process vs Threads 3. O
LinkedIn Software Engineer Infrastructure Interview Experience and Rejection
Hi everyone, Recently got interviewed at LinkedIn for Software Engg. Infrastructure role. ## Background YOE - 3.6 years (Backend engineer, Java, Spring boot) ## Screening Round This round consisted of
LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer Phone Interview Experience and Questions
I recently interviewed for a Senior Software Engineer position at LinkedIn. Unfortunately, I didn't make it to the next round, but I wanted to share the questions and my experience to help others prep
LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer SSE Infrastructure Team Interview
Month of Interview : Feb 2026 YOE : 4 years I recently got the opportunity to interview for a SSE role at LinkedIn and felt like sharing the interview experience. # Phone Screen Round - Past projects
LinkedIn Software Engineer IC2 Interview Question LZ78 Compression
This was a pretty tough but a smooth round for me, where I was given a string manipulation based question, I had to compress and decompress the given string. It was LZ78 based question. /* LZ78 is a w
LinkedIn Software Engineer IC2 DSA Loop Interview Experience
This was 2nd round of DSA with LinkedIn. Duration - 60 mins Number of Questions - 2 1. Max consecutive 1's in circular format. https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones-ii/description/ replac
LinkedIn SWE IC2 System Design Interview Experience
System design round at LinkedIn. It focuses on both HLD and LLd. Duration - 60 mins. question - Design a metric collection and querying system. The system will both collect metrics from a large fleet
LinkedIn Software Engineer Phone Screen: Weighted GetRandom Variation
Hi, got an interesting question in Phone screen interview. Hopefully it will help someone. Trying to share the idea of the question. the actual language might be different in the question. Linked has
LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer Technical Interview Experience
Helping Leetcode community ! ------------------------------------------------------------- Dicussion on Java internals (multi threading concepts - Callable/Runnable, HashMap internals, Concurrent Hash
LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer Phone Screen Interview Questions
1. **If it's a string with numbers, return true otherwise false** - [Valid Number](https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-number/description/) You're expected to figure out that it's valid number and com
Really weird moment with HR
So I interned with a company last summer, and got a return offer to come back this summer. I signed their offer as, obviously, the deadline they had to sign wasn’t very long. I’ve been applying and in
Rejected from job and then got a request to chat over LinkedIn?
I was recently rejected from a position at a big tech company after the final round. One of the interviewers from the final round requested to connect on LinkedIn the same day that I got rejected whic
What do we think about hackathons?
I’ve been grinding out hackathons these past two semesters and have got 5 wins now. Is it even worth it? Do hiring managers even care? Or is it just for the money and bragging rights on linkedin?
Is it too late for summer 2026 as a sophomore with no internships?
sophomore here, applied to a bunch of places but barely any callbacks. no internship experience, just personal projects and a university robotics club. starting to feel like i missed the window. what'
Difficulty Breakdown
125
easy
56
medium
47
hard
10
0
Based on 473 questions with difficulty labels from candidate reports.
Interview Rounds
Here is how the LinkedIn Software Engineer questions in the LeakCode database break down by interview round, based on what candidates reported:
| Round | Questions in Database |
|---|---|
| coding | 121 |
| phone screen | 104 |
| oa | 95 |
| recruiter | 56 |
| system design | 29 |
| onsite | 18 |
Most Common Topics
Question Recency
28
2026
40
2025
77
2024
31
2023
Question counts by interview year, based on candidate-reported dates.
How to Prepare for the LinkedIn Software Engineer Interview
Use the LeakCode question database as your primary research tool. Filter by role (Software Engineer), then by round type to focus your prep on the specific stages in your upcoming loop. Sort by recency to see what 2026 candidates actually faced.
- Start with questions from the last 12 months. Interview processes change and recent data is the strongest signal.
- Cross-reference questions that appear in multiple sources (1p3a, Blind, Glassdoor). Multi-source confirmation means a question has stronger recurrence probability.
- For system design rounds: focus on the question patterns, not individual questions. The same design principles recur across many prompts.
- For behavioral rounds: map your experiences to the company's stated values before the interview. Most behavioral questions at top companies are derivatives of a small set of core leadership competencies.
FAQ
How many LinkedIn Software Engineer questions are in the database?
473+ questions from verified candidate reports. The count grows as new reports are scraped daily from 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode.
Are these questions from real LinkedIn interviews?
Yes. All questions are sourced from actual candidate interview reports, not generated by AI. Each entry links back to its source URL where available, and questions are tagged with the year and round reported by the candidate.
How current is this data?
LeakCode updates daily. The database is filtered to exclude duplicate and low-quality entries. You can filter by interview year to focus on recent cycles.
Does LeakCode cover LinkedIn OA questions specifically?
Yes. The database includes online assessment questions tagged with round type. See the LinkedIn OA page for a dedicated view.
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