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Linkedin Loop || Second DSA round || Software Engineer IC2

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4 Mar 2026
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Summary

I experienced the second Data Structures and Algorithms round for a Software Engineer IC2 position at LinkedIn, which lasted 60 minutes and included two specific coding problems.

How it went

This was 2nd round of DSA with LinkedIn.
Duration - 60 mins

Number of Questions - 2

Questions asked (2)

  1. 01

    Max Consecutive Ones II (Circular)

    Data Structures & Algorithms

    Max consecutive 1's in circular format. This involved replacing 1's with 0s to form the largest island.

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  2. 02

    Find K Closest Elements (BST Variation)

    Data Structures & Algorithms

    A variation of the "Find K Closest Elements" problem, adapted for a Binary Search Tree (BST) structure.

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