I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
5 Step Interview Process:
1) I was referred to the position by a current LinkedIn employee. Within 1 day I was reached out to by a recruiter and held an initial call 2 days later.
2) Initial recruiter conversation was probably the most awkward step in the process. The recruiter was not the point person for the job, rather conducting an initial vetting process from the referral. They could not answer basic questions about the job and had a very unwelcoming attitude. The following day the position recruiter reached out and set up another screening call.
3) 2nd recruiter conducted a 30 minute screening. When I closed the position at the end, they were up front about next steps inviting me to a conference call with 2 sales managers to conduct a mock presentation and resume review.
4) Sales manager call: 3 days later had a call with 2 sales managers that was 60 minutes total (first 15 minutes was a mock pitch scenario and last 40 minutes resume review/general questions. Directly after previous call I was emailed the mock presentation details/directions, giving me about 3 days to prep. The main goal is to conduct discovery to a mock account with the sales managers playing the role of a C-level and individual recruiter. You're judged on uncovering pains/challenges, building report, taking position on LInkedIn Talent Solutions fit for customer, and close on a next step. Important to take notes as the next interview step is part continuation of mock sales call. Be prepared to give immediate feedback on how your performance went. They follow your self critique immediately with their own critique.
5) Recruiter reached out within hours of sales manager call to set up a final in person meeting 4 days later; First 20 minutes was taking a supplied ppt deck and presenting a solution based off previous conversation, in addition to some continued discovery questions. They give you 30+ pg. ppt deck and you are supposed to make it around 7 slides. Presented to same managers as before. Had additional 30 minutes of continued mutual questions and last 30 minutes to meet with AEs for peer discussion.
2 days after the final presentation I was told that they selected someone with HR/Talent experience. Besides the initial call, the process was straightforward and professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why LinkedIn and why the HR space?
Describe how are you able to convince someone to change their opinion in sales situation?
If I were to talk to one of your old bosses, what is the top quality they would say you would bring to a new sales org?
Made my way to the interview process via my own contacts and was able to engage the hiring managers directly, However once I had to get passed off to the recruiters it was a much different scenario, Feedback times took weeks and it took almost a 1.5 months to get final feedback on a role I knew I didn't get, however I was ghosted by the recruiter for 4 weeks, then it took an additional 2 to get the final feedback but she was adamant that she wanted to talk in person. Lastly, the interview template, questions and role play objective barely matched what the hiring managers asked me and how they felt I should've took the conversation. Didn't feel like the hiring manager to recruiter connection was very good.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How have you overcome adversity specifically for a sales-related item?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2021
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter who was working for Linkedin / smartrecruiters through Linkedin. I had two pre-interviews before being presented by a Senior Sales manager. The first interview which I prepared fully for, ended up being an informal conversation. There was no 'click'between myself and the hiring manager. The conversation was rather generic. Two weeks after this initial conversation I was invited for a second interview. I had to present aproject I was proud of during a 6 slides ppt-presentation for 25 minutes. Two weeks later I received an automated e-mail with a decline, which left me with a negative impression of the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever changed someone's mind within a company and how did you persuade them?
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (New York, NY)
Interview
Regardless of what you apply for, avoid LinkedIn at all cost as a place to work. I was "shortlisted" into their system where they asked me to complete one of those bogus personality tests. I speed ran thru it, but even going as fast as possible took almost 2 hours for me to complete. A week later I got some automated email that I didn't fit into the "box" of how their app measures a personality. First of all AI isn't anywhere near smart enough to make a human decision yet, so really I should be paid for my time. Unless you like wasting 2 hours of your time completeling very frustrating tasks from an app linkedin purchased in a rip off multimillion dollar deal who jammed this program down their throats.. Look elsewhere. Time is the only thing we cannot get back in this life and LinkedIn loves wasting it!