SSE at Linkedin

How it went

What they would tell you

How to prepare

Round by round

1. 1

   Screening Round60 min

   Talked about my recent project, given a coding problem Flatten Nested List Iterator and some standard questions on Operating Systems, Networking, and Java.

   • Flatten Nested List Iterator
2. 2

   Technical Interview I60 min

   The first problem was All O`one Data Structure , and the second was Binary Tree Upside Down, solved the first problem optimally, but for the second partially

   • All O`one Data Structure
   • Binary Tree Upside Down
3. 3

   Technical Interview II60 min

   During this round 2 DSA problem was asked, find the maximum sum of any subarray of size k where all elements are distinct. solved using sliding window with a hash set Problem 2: Given a directed acyclic graph (DAG), print all possible topological orderings.

   • Shortest path in DAG
   • Maximum Sum of Distinct Subarrays With Length K
4. 4

   System Design Round60 min

   Stock Exchange System it too hard for me

5. 5

   Hiring Manager Round45 min

   The final round was mainly about my past projects. Behavioral Questions:

   • Why LinkedIn?
   • How do you handle ambiguity in project requirements?
   • Describe a time you had to push back on a technical decision.

What came up