Recruiter contacts me and sets up a phone screen. Wonderful job by the recruiter as she explains in detail what to expect and how to prepare. Once phone screen is cleared, I get called onsite. Again, there is a great deal of help from her in explaining everything that I can expect in interviews. Onsite rounds were well organized. All the interviewers were very helpful and knowledgeable.The people were very happy and food was awesome and free. You will have 2 coding rounds (which should definitely go well irrespective of other rounds results). 1 round of code analysis where you will be given a piece of code and asked to find bugs/improvements. Get your basics right here. There will be a test design round in which they test your design skills. A behavioral round with manager which is just a conversation, but very important to get it right. For people going for interviews in the future , I have the following advice 1. Do all the previous LinkedIn problems found in careercup and glassdoor,in fact just by-heart it (very very important as all the questions are exact same, they have a set of problems that all interviewers use and everything is in these sites). I found this strange. 2. Make sure you do both the coding rounds well. Even though you have other rounds, if you screw up even a single coding round, you will be disqualified irrespective of how well you do in design and analysis round. 3. Show your enthusiasm in the behavioral round. Will surely apply to linkedin again.

Had a full day of interview sessions and it was a very good experience. I was asked 2 tech coding questions at the beginning for an hour each. This was followed by a test and code analysis question for an hour. Then had a lunch session for an hour. This was followed by an hour meeting with manager and hour on test design and analysis.

This was an especially interesting experience with LinkedIn. This being the second time I have interviewed with the company, the first time also the experience wasn't worth a mention. I applied for a Sr. level job and got contacted by a recruiter saying those positions are not open but a Test Engineer position is open. I told her I wasn't interested in an entry level position that was only for testing. She assured me it was a automation development role. For one, the ambiguity in the title strikes me as off-putting. However, I appreciate the fact that they send a lot of preparatory material links to get you on board for the interview. That's a good move. Then she scheduled for the interview. On the appointed hour, 2 members of the team contacted me. From the tone of the interviewer, I could tell LinkedIn apparently does not provide training to interviewers. He asked questions as though he already knew it was a waste of his time and I am not going to be able to perform well. Throughout he kept interrupting my thought process. I have interviewed with other companies, where the interviewer knows when to shut up and hold his horses. This guy seemed a little too anxious. I admit I had some trouble answering his questions. I made some mistakes, but I corrected them as well. In the end, I could say I did answer correctly although with some pokes. Usually when you read online about interviewers assessing you, you are often told the correct answer doesn't matter and your thought process does. However, I can already sense they are going to reject me meaning the thought process really did not matter in this case. LinkedIn is a great company but I hope they provide some sort of training to interviewers about how to conduct coding interviews and the psychology behind being in the hot seat.