LinkedIn·Software Engineer

LinkedIn Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Mountain View, CAPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My LinkedIn interview consisted of five rounds, and most of them were DSA-focused—three of the rounds were clearly in that category.

I also had one system design round and one manager round, so the day covered more than just coding.

The actual topics leaned strongly around BFS and DFS throughout the DSA questions. Even though it was pretty difficult overall, the process felt smooth, and the interviews didn’t feel chaotic. I remember coming out of each round knowing what they were drilling into.

In the end, I didn’t get an offer, but it still felt like a valuable experience because the difficulty matched what the job likely needs day to day. My reflection was that the preparation window had to cover traversal patterns

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