For an established company like Linkedin and one that prides themselves in 'connecting' people, it was disappointing to go through such a negative experience. From the very start of the recruiting phone screen, the 20 minute conversation already left me with a bad taste. With the constant interruptions and inpersonal tone of voice, it was very clear that this recruiter had a better place to be than to talk with a potential new Linkedin family member. Recruiters are candidates’ first point of contact and impression of the company - if you can’t be personable, you probably don’t want to be a recruiter. I think recruiters like people? I’m not sure, I’m not one. What do I know? But Linkedin, what I do know is that you don’t want this person representing your company. Moving forward to the trainwreck of a peer interview session. Not only are recruiter first impressions important, but each interviewer is also a reflection of a company. Take the time to get to know your candidate - not only are you interviewing them, they are interviewing you. Hey, it’s like a relationship - let’s see if we get along! When I was greeted by two young adults, I felt like I was being picked up from soccer practice by my next door neighbor on a favor to my mom. They immediately made me feel as though I had to uphold the entire conversation, and, again, felt they had better places to be. Man Linkedin, you guys must have better things to do than to increase headcount. Now I understand everyone goes through first times, but no worries, I got you. First off, if you are going to host an interview together, you probably want to have some structure. May I suggest meeting beforehand and sharing which questions you want to go over? Second, if you don’t know how to host an interview, get some practice in. Talk to your manager, structure your interview. An interview is not a meeting session where you fire off questions you found from googling ‘behavioral interview questions’. Let me repeat - do not fire off questions. The best interviews are the ones that flow like an actual conversation. Ask relevant question, listen, respond and/or ask follow up question. I, fortunately, did not receive an offer. Being very honest, if I hadn’t been so swayed by the name of LinkedIn, I would’ve rescinded from the process after the peer interview. Just a quick interview process shows a candidate how organized and structured a company is - and it was not a pretty sight. --- TLDR: negative first impression of company due inexperienced interviewers Linkedin: work on your recruiters/interviewers/interview process because they are a very bad reflection of your people and culture.