Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at LinkedIn with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 310 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at LinkedIn overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at LinkedIn as a Software Engineer according to 310 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 48%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 5%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
The process began with a first screening, which included a recruiter call and a coding screen. This was followed by an onsite interview loop consisting of five rounds: a standard coding round, a 'coding with AI' round, a hiring manager round, a system design (high-level design) round, and a technical interview focused on a project deep dive. Verdict: I did not get hired.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding: A LeetCode-style problem where you need to "flip K most ones" to get the maximum island (likely Max Consecutive Ones III), with a follow-up question asking how to handle it if the island is in a circular array.
System Design: Design a system to discard DDoS packets.
There was a recruiter screen, technical interview followed by 3 rounds of onsite interview. The technical interview included computer science fundamentals and leetcode. If you pass the technical interview, you advance into the 3 rounds of onsite interview which is tougher.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
1 technical phone screen + 4 onside rounds.
There were 2 dsa rounds and host manager and system design round. Overall the experience was good. Just one advice don’t be nervous.