LinkedIn Interview Experiences & Questions
11 real LinkedIn interviews shared by candidates: every round, the questions they were asked, how they answered, and whether they got the offer. Latest: Sep 2026.
What to expect at LinkedIn
Based on 11 real interviews
By role
The LinkedIn interview process
Most common round types: Behavioral (4), Cross-Functional (3), Coding (3), Project Discussion (3), System Design (2), Artificial Intelligence (2).
Real LinkedIn interview questions
- regular logistics.
- Can you walk me through your background so we can confirm level and place you in the right apps role?
- Solve a tree traversal style problem over a nested object structure.
- We launched a campaign product for three customer groups with different metrics like ROI and ROAS. Which group would you prioritize and why?
- Tell me about yourself.
- Analyze dataset to create recommendations
- ML coding: sparse matrix vector multiplication
- Can you walk me through your background, why you're making a career change now, and why you're interested in tech and LinkedIn specifically?
- Use the AI assistant to debug and complete this maze implementation.
- LinkedIn wants to expand for small and medium B2B businesses in emerging APAC markets like Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. How would you size the market and launch?
- Tell me about the most complex project you have led.
- ML fundamentals : about ml optimizers, gradient descent concepts
- What skill set do you bring to this role, and what do you mean when you say you're AI-native?
- Walk me through a recent project you worked on.
- ML fundamentals on deep learning concepts
- Why are you interested in this role and why LinkedIn?
- Walk me through your career progression.
- Design an ad recommendation system for Linkedin users.
- How would you measure the effectiveness of a LinkedIn campaign that runs alongside campaigns on other platforms like Meta and Google, and how would you launch a pilot for it?
- What's the project you're most proud of?
- Design the AI document classification system.
- Tell me about a time you used data and analytics to drive a significant business decision.
- How would you convince teammates to go with a particular solution?
- Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
- How do you manage competing priorities across cross-functional teams, especially when people have different working styles or you disagree with a coworker?
- We have a platform product used by 5,000 teams, and we're moving to a new platform that isn't backward compatible. How would you get those teams to migrate?
- Tell me about your past projects.
- Talk me through your work experience in the past year.
- Design the backend for an autosuggest or autocomplete feature.
- Design LFU cache.
- Collaboration
- Given a string where you can make certain edits, determine whether it can become a palindrome.
- Design a rate limiter.
- Why do you want to work at LinkedIn?
- Partition an array into two sub-arrays with equal sum.
- Course Schedule
- What is the most challenging problem or project you have solved?
- Implement LRU Cache.
- Linkedin Top k most shared articles
- What are the top three strengths you bring to the table, and why are they relevant for this team?
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All 11 LinkedIn interview experiences
“The coding round was the most tricky one, you don't know what problem you will get for the leetcode round. ML fundamentals, ML design is easy if you prepare for regular ML system designs. AI coding,…”
“Was very straightforward, great communication and enthusiasm from the team. Interesting case as well.”
“It was great. The interviewer was extremely helpful. Everything went well, and there is nothing that didnt go well”
“I went well in all rounds, coding went smoothly, i easily did all the questions. System design also went well, have a nice chat with the interviewer.”
“The interviews are scheduled over 2-3 days so the process is quick. They have a phone screen, DS round, DS with AI, System design and Hiring Manager round.”
“Very smooth and clear, the recruiter laid down what the expectations are, and the coding interview was mostly leetcode medium level.”
“The weirdest part for me was the AI coding round. They gave me a buggy maze class in HackerRank, made me use the built-in assistant, and then spent the back half probing why I trusted one…”
“The case discussions were more about me leading the entire discussion. They were more or less like a fly on the wall, monitoring how I would behave in that situation.”
“Went well overall - The recruiter was really responsive and helpful. Everyone i talked to was really nice”
“It was amazing. Had lovely conversations and it was amazing. I got nervous towards the end and the panel understood hence was not rejected at last round”
“The process was quite rigorous. I went through 7 rounds in total. The interviewers were experienced and helpful and dropped sufficient hints. The feedback was great but I felt like hiring bar was…”
Frequently asked questions
How many rounds are in the LinkedIn interview?
Candidates report a typical 3 rounds, usually including a recruiter screen, phone screen, take-home assignment, technical round.
How hard is the LinkedIn interview?
Candidates rate it 3.4/5 on average (medium), across 11 interviews.
How long does the LinkedIn hiring process take?
About 4 weeks from first contact to decision, based on reported timelines.
What percentage of LinkedIn candidates get an offer?
38% of candidates with a final result got an offer (3 of 8).
What does the LinkedIn interview focus on?
The most common round types are Behavioral, Cross-Functional, Coding, Project Discussion.