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LinkedIn Software Engineer Interview Questions

500+ questions from real LinkedIn Software Engineer interviews, reported by candidates.

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6
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8
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2024-2026
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Phone Screen 122 OA 115 Recruiter 78 Coding 63 System Design 35 Onsite 18

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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

Hello everyone. Earlier, I posted here asking for advice on which offer to choose from, but there were a lot of questions asked about how I got these offers, and I thought that it would be better to w

I've been working in software for going on 6 years now. Zero formal CS education. I majored in physics. The plan was graduate school but I graduated June 2020, right as the world was falling apart, an

Hey guys I'm an international student in the US. I had a last-round interview last Friday afternoon and I haven't heard from HR yet. Good signs: 1. ⁠During the interview, the interviewer introduced me

hi everyone! This is the long awaited final update from this post that I made almost a week ago. I attached the link to it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/interviews/s/rq3lKFQsvY to keep it brief essen

I interned at this company a year before, in a separate division. I tangentially worked for the hiring division on one project, so I had some familiarity with a couple team members (one of the intervi

Corporate USA. I have started to notice that in alot of my interviews where I was rejected that they never looked at my Linkedin. The recruiter might have. Some of those positions I still see the post

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

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?

Anybody has experienced applying for a job organically (through job portals, company career sites) only to be rejected/ghosted but then have recruiting agencies reach out to you for the same role mont

What's the vibe?

Recruiter 2026

Okay everyone I have talked my husbands ear off about this so I'd like to get others opinions. I interviewed for a position on Monday- super brief with a recruiter 10-15 minutes max. I genuinely thoug

Two months ago, a recruiter from Weekday reached out to me regarding a Senior Software Engineer position at a startup called **AU\*\*\*n**. Excited by the opportunity in a AI company, I quickly agreed

I applied for this job back in May and I was rejected the next day. Totally forgot about it, and I accidentally applied for it again two weeks later because they reposted it on LinkedIn. A few days ag

Couple of days ago I interviewed for a backend engineer role at Navan, and got into the initial loop which consisted of 2 rounds, a Code Design (LLD), and a DSA round. Code design is with an Engineeri

So I initially contacted an HR rep on LinkedIn, they sent my resume to a recruiter and the same day I received an email asking me if I could hop on a quick call. The recruiter asked me about my previo

haring a recent **full-stack senior-level interview experience at LinkedIn**, which may help others preparing for similar roles. The process consisted of **6 rounds**, covering both frontend and backe

Hey everyone hoping I can get some insight - I applied for a job with a company and interviewed yesterday. I have previously worked with one of the VP’s before and she messaged me on indeed and let me

Interview?

Recruiter 2026

I submitted an application over LinkedIn for a position I was interested in at a company. Comp was insane and figured I would give it a shot. Recruiter called me up and we scheduled a call. He sent me

I recently had a Zoom interview with LinkedIn. It was 1-hr long. The interviewer spent 40-mins into behavior questions and in the last 20-mins pasted the MaxStack (LC Hard) into CoderPad and asked me

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

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