I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at LINE (Seoul) in Jun 2018
Interview
Applied LINE plus Korea online, process took 2months and decline the offer since they increase salary very less.
But interviews are not so hard.
- background screening
- online algorithmic coding test
- (white board ) onsite interview
- tech interview with team
- reference check
- offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- online: 3 algorithmic questions
- onsite: system design (design chat system, scaling brainstorming)
- tech interview with team: rest architecture & security (hashing, private/pulic key, etc...) related questions.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at LINE (Tokyo) in Aug 2022
Interview
It was a professional and enjoyable interview process with curated questions that implies the required skills and knowledge for their own company. They know what kind of engineers they need very well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A coding challenge to solve how consumers submit offset to a message broker efficiently.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at LINE with 3.5 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 48.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at LINE overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at LINE as a Senior Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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