Software Engineering at LinkedIn

How it went

What they would tell you

How to prepare

Their background

Round by round

1. 1

   Screen Round60 min

   The phone screen round was about 15-20 min, where we discussed my background, previous projects, and challenges I faced. The interviewer also asked some questions on core concepts of CN & DBMS and one DSA question

2. 2

   Coding Round 160 min

   The first onsite round was two DSA problems Hard dp problem where couldn’t finish the full solution And medium array problem that solved cleanly with follow-ups

3. 3

   Coding Round 260 min

   There were two problems, I can’t remember them precisely so I’m sharing similar questions

   • LRU Cache
   • Sliding Window Maximum
4. 4

   System Design60 min

   Design a Distributed Cache System

5. 5

   Hiring Manager Round60 min

   This round was a mix of managerial and technical questions Redis cluster scaling problem: How to handle hot keys and shard data effectively SQL query design: Write a query to fetch the top 5 users with maximum transactions in the last month, grouped by region Behavioral questions: How I resolve conflicts in a distributed team, & mentoring experience

What came up