LinkedIn·AI Engineer

LinkedIn AI Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Sunnyvale, CAPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with two main parts.

The first question was a coding problem, and the second was more of a concepts check—general knowledge of AI, including CNNs and neural networks. I ended up explaining the fundamentals of a multi-layer perceptron, and they pushed into specifics like cost function and backpropagation.

The vibe was straightforward and “teach it back” rather than purely brainstorming. I wasn’t fighting to understand what was being asked; it was more about whether I could clearly explain how the pieces fit together.

I left without an offer, but the experience didn’t feel chaotic. It mainly reinforced that the

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