LinkedIn·Software Engineer

LinkedIn Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process kicked off with a recruiter screen and then moved into a technical phone interview, and the whole thing felt intense—especially because it leaned heavily on algorithms and data structures.

I also had behavioral questions that challenged my experience in a way that felt more reflective than typical.

The coding round was where I got hit hardest. I ran into a maximum subarray sum problem, and it felt like a bit of luck because I had literally seen the exact same question on a practice site a few days earlier. Even with that advantage, the round still demanded strong algorithm thinking and careful execution.

After a final onsite round, I received an offer and accepted it. The honest reflection I have is that preparation helped, but the overall loop was genuinely tough—getting the

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