LinkedIn Research Analyst Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 3 questions + 2 drills · ~46 min

Customer Orders: LEFT vs INNER JOINEasy

Explain how INNER JOIN and LEFT JOIN differ, and when to use each for matched-only versus all-left-row analysis.

JoinsData WranglingGroup By

Pivot Table Funnel Drop-OffsMedium

Tests data wrangling thinking and ability to identify funnel leakage using aggregation.

Funnel AnalysisPivotData Wrangling

SQL for LinkedIn Job ActivityMedium

Practice

Write a SQL query to identify the monthly active users who applied to more than three jobs in the last 30 days on LinkedIn. Treat a user as monthly active...

Date FunctionssqlAggregations

SQL Detect Duplicate Clickstream EventsMedium

Practice

Practice drill

Identify sessions with duplicate events and return the earliest timestamp across each affected session.

data cleaningnull handlingData Wrangling

SQL for Daily Segmented PageviewsMedium

Practice

Practice drill

Aggregate LinkedIn feature pageviews and distinct visitors by day and user segment.

JoinsGroup Bysql

Metrics3 questions · ~26 min

MMM Model CreationHard

Evaluates your ability to build and explain a marketing mix model for data-driven decisions.

market research

Investigate a Metric DropHard

Tests diagnostic analytics, statistical reasoning, and clear communication of root-cause hypotheses.

root causeKPIDiagnosis

Measure LinkedIn Learning SuccessMedium

Tests metrics design and ability to connect analytics methods to decision-making for LinkedIn products.

KPIrollout decisionDiagnosis

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Behavioral & Leadership11 questions · ~95 min

Correcting a Critical Data AnomalyMedium

Tests ownership and analytical rigor in finding, fixing, and preventing a data anomaly with business impact.

Data WranglingProblem Solvingtechnical experience

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