LinkedIn SWE Infra Interview experience

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January 5, 20267 reads

Summary

I shared my recent interview experience for a Software Engineer role at LinkedIn, which took place in Nov-Dec. I successfully received an offer after completing screening and four onsite rounds focusing on projects, behavioral questions, system design, and coding.

Full Experience

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

Second half :

https://leetcode.com/problems/nested-list-weight-sum-ii

Self evaluation : Hire

Onsite 1 – Hiring Manager

Detailed discussion on projects (design decisions, failures, learnings)

Why are you leaving my current company?

Why LinkedIn?

What does on-call look like in my current team?

Self evaluation : Strong Hire

Onsite 2 – System Design

Design a fast key-value store with some custome requirements.

Focus was more on LLD part than the HLD.

Self evaluation : Strong Hire

Onsite 3 – Coding

First Problem similar to:
https://leetcode.com/problems/letter-combinations-of-a-phone-number/

Second:
https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-knight-moves/description/

Self evaluation : Strong Hire

Onsite 4 – Coding

Problem

Find the maximum length of a good subarray
A subarray is good if all its elements are less than the length of that subarray.

Couldn't found the similar problem on leetcode.
Was able to do it after some hints.

Expected TC - O(n)

Self evaluation : Lean Hire

Result

Hire

Whole process took place in Nov-Dec, Recently got an offer.

Interview Questions (8)

Q1
Nested List Weight Sum II
Data Structures & Algorithms

Solve the problem: Nested List Weight Sum II.

Q2
Why are you leaving my current company?
Behavioral

Why are you leaving my current company?

Q3
Why LinkedIn?
Behavioral

Why LinkedIn?

Q4
On-call in current team
Behavioral

What does on-call look like in my current team?

Q5
Design a fast key-value store
System Design

Design a fast key-value store with some custome requirements. Focus was more on LLD part than the HLD.

Q6
Letter Combinations of a Phone Number
Data Structures & Algorithms

Solve the problem: Letter Combinations of a Phone Number.

Q7
Minimum Knight Moves
Data Structures & Algorithms

Solve the problem: Minimum Knight Moves.

Q8
Maximum Length of a Good Subarray
Data Structures & Algorithms

Find the maximum length of a good subarray. A subarray is good if all its elements are less than the length of that subarray. Expected TC - O(n).

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