I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Dublin, Dublin) in July 2019
Interview
I have never experienced such a confrontational, hostile and unfriendly screening ever...
I advise to avoid such an encounter!
I applied through the careers site using my CV and quite quickly organised a phone screening.
Upon answering the phone and before he even introduced hisself or the call purpose/ structure (the basics) the hostility started immediately with an attack on my LinkedIn profile... apparently he was very frustrated that my profile and CV has inconsistencies which was not good enough. He continued his confrontational approach (at one point I thought this was an act to test my ability to react with hostile situations and negotiate... I doubt this was the case, but if it was - can someone give this man an Oscar - perhaps the next James Bond villain?) and actually in two occasions attempted to twist my words and completely change the context of my responses - very frustrating.
When attempting to answer his question 'What do you know about LinkedIn?', he (very rudely and abruptly) interrupted me mid sentence with the phrase 'you should at least know the job before you start interviewing'.
Across the screening call I did not feel that I was provided with the opportunity to fully display my experience or personality - this was the most hostile and negative interview experience I has encountered.
Happy to follow this up with anyone in the company or recruitment team if feedback would be helpful - although I did not receive any automated feedback request (usual for such a company) so perhaps the quality of screenings is not a priority at this stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about LinkedIn?
What do you know about the role you have applied for?
Overall, the session was okay, but I believe the roleplay process could be improved. I felt that the person from LinkedIn leading the roleplay didn’t seem fully engaged, which made it a bit difficult to create a realistic or motivating scenario.
Additionally, he mentioned that I should proceed with the second meeting without him, saying that another manager would update him anyway. Even when I offered to reschedule to ensure everyone could attend, his response was simply to go ahead without him.
Later, during the feedback, I was told that I should have pushed the customer to either attend or reschedule the meeting so that all key stakeholders could be present, which felt a bit contradictory given the guidance during the session itself.not interested.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the last book you read?
What is your favorite movie?
Who is your favorite actor/actress?
Straight forward process. Interview with Recruiter, Hiring Manager and Panel.
First interview was high level, second was more in depth, third interview gets very granular.
Once you go through all interviews you may get invited to a forth and final, or an offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2023
Interview
3 stages, first interview was with teh recruiter, 2nd was with hiring manager and 3rd was with director and hiring manager. Fairly straightforward and fast moving. Communication was very clear throughout.