Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at LinkedIn with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 43 days to get hired, when considering 45 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(Internship) according to 45 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LinkedIn
Interview
Received the HackerRank after applying and got a phone call from a recruiter probably a week or two later. We then set up a final interview and I found out within 4 days after that that I got the job. It took a few more days to place me on a team. My process was expedited since I had a deadline.
My recruiter was super nice, but I didn't really like the people who I talked to during interviews which ultimately led to my decline of the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to tell if there are 3 numbers in an array that can make a valid triangle
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Sunnyvale, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
OA -> Recruiter Screen -> VO
OA consists of 2 coding questions. Recruiter screen was short and easy. VO was 1 tech + 1 behavioral with hiring manager. Process was overall pretty chill. Got offer after a few days. Recruiter was very responsive
Amazing interview process with very helpful interviewers. The technical interview consisted of 2 DSA questions one based on Binary Search Tress and other on priority queues. First one was pretty easy and the second one was leetcode medium to hard. The HR interview was about projects and my technical background.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me what was the first wow moment that made you enter this field of software engineering
First, I got an online assessment. After, I got invited to do a recruiter screen. Then, I had one technical and one behavioral interview. The process was fairly quick, didn't take too long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I think my coding question was finding unions between sets if I remember correctly.