LinkedIn Software Engineer interview experience

From there, I got pulled into an onsite loop that ended up being pretty intense: I had five rounds total.

The rounds included a standard coding question, a “coding with AI” round, a hiring manager conversation, a system design (high-level design) discussion, and finally a technical interview centered on a project deep dive. By the time I reached the end, it didn’t feel like any one round went completely off the rails, but the combined weight of both coding styles plus system design made it hard to settle into a rhythm.

In the end, I didn’t get hired. Honestly, it left me with the feeling