LinkedIn Software Engineer interview experience

The setup felt monitored—there was a sense they could see my screen and what I was doing. The problems didn’t feel realistic for an average programmer in that time window, at least in the way they were presented.

I got far enough to see the shape of what was required, but I couldn’t really drive to a complete solution for all of them. I remember leaving thinking that the questions were near impossible under normal circumstances, and that I probably wasn’t deep enough in my CS fundamentals yet to connect everything quickly.

I didn’t get an offer. What struck me most was how mismatched the