I interviewed at LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA) in Sep 2013
Interview
After submitting my resume, the recruiter contacts me and give me an interview. I have actually 2 phone interview. The interviewers are very nice and the problems are not difficult. They asked my experience and my past project and some software engineering knowledge. The algorithm the asked is very easy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Parse the IP in a file, actually, it is not difficult
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Feb 2014
Interview
Phone interview, followed by another phone interview, which was exactly the same, just different questions, followed by nothing...
Yes, that's right. On the first interview, I solved the given problem. Then they scheduled another phone interview. It went well, however, I found the interviewers to be really unprofessional, kind of rude. The whole process felt like I was talking to machines reading a script. Really, no human factor in the whole process. At this point I knew I did not want to work for this company.
I wrote the recruiter an email expressing my disappointment. He replied saying he will take a look and give me back feedback.
I never heard again. I accepted another offer, but out of curiosity, and for the purpose of this review, I decided to call the recruiter 10 days later.
The guy told me he left LinkedIn for another opportunity, and that he also really disliked how things were done there. We ended up laughing about it together, and congratulating each other on our new gigs outside of LinkedIn!!
My recommendation is the following. I would never work for a company that treats applicants like an assembly line. Know that they are lucky you decided to apply, and they should know that too. They should make you feel comfortable on the phone, and motivate you to solve the problem, not just throw you a question and sit back, read a script.