LinkedIn·Software Engineer

LinkedIn Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

United StatesPosted Jul 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly long sequence for the process—one phone interview and several onsite interviews, plus a later twist near the end.

The overall flow felt decent until the last interview, when the hiring manager came across condescending and repeatedly asked about the purpose of my master’s degree, despite my strong academic background.

I still passed that interview, but then the recruiter called afterward saying my feedback was good except for one coding interview they wanted to redo. When I went back in, the scheduling had changed last minute and turned into a system design interview, which left me feeling unprepared. I tried to do my best, then I emailed to ask why the last-minute change happened. I didn’t get a

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