LinkedIn Software Engineer Interview Experiences & Questions
4 candidates share their LinkedIn Software Engineer interviews: each round, the questions asked and the outcome. Latest: Aug 2026.
What to expect · LinkedIn Software Engineer
Based on 4 real interviews
The LinkedIn Software Engineer interview process
Most common round types: Coding (3), Project Discussion (3), Behavioral (2), System Design (2), Artificial Intelligence (1), Cross-Functional (1).
Real LinkedIn Software Engineer interview questions
- Solve a tree traversal style problem over a nested object structure.
- Design a rate limiter.
- Can you walk me through your background so we can confirm level and place you in the right apps role?
- Tell me about yourself.
- Use the AI assistant to debug and complete this maze implementation.
- Course Schedule
- Why do you want to work at LinkedIn?
- Tell me about the most complex project you have led.
- Walk me through a recent project you worked on.
- Linkedin Top k most shared articles
- Walk me through your career progression.
- What's the project you're most proud of?
- How would you convince teammates to go with a particular solution?
- 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?
- Design the backend for an autosuggest or autocomplete feature.
- Given a string where you can make certain edits, determine whether it can become a palindrome.
- Partition an array into two sub-arrays with equal sum.
- Implement LRU Cache.
- Find Leaves of Binary Tree
- Design a calendar.
- String Replacement: replace in a string one word with another
All 4 LinkedIn Software Engineer interview experiences
“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…”
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Frequently asked questions
How many rounds are in the LinkedIn Software Engineer interview?
Candidates report a typical 3 rounds, usually including a recruiter screen, phone screen, technical round, final / onsite round.
How hard is the LinkedIn Software Engineer interview?
Candidates rate it 3.2/5 on average (medium), across 4 interviews.
How long does the LinkedIn Software Engineer hiring process take?
About 4 weeks from first contact to decision, based on reported timelines.
What percentage of LinkedIn Software Engineer candidates get an offer?
50% of candidates with a final result got an offer (1 of 2).
What does the LinkedIn Software Engineer interview focus on?
The most common round types are Coding, Project Discussion, Behavioral, System Design.