I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Jun 2011
Interview
Well it started with the interviewer and me logging into collabedit.com. They gave me a method signature in java and asked me to complete the method signature. It seems that if you know java in and out then you can atleast clear the phone interviews. No questions on algorithms, data structures but java. Well most of their internal systems are implemented in java so i guess they need guys with detailed java knowledge.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Jun 2011
Interview
I had a 1-hr phone screen setup and the manager who spoke to me was courteous and respectful. He started with introducing himself and his team and the work they are into. I was then asked to speak about my experience. I was asked a coding question later, but I did not come up with a good solution. I coded the program effortlessly after I was given hints by the interviewer (well, of course :P)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Check if an element is present in a completely sorted 2D array.
Its an easy problem to code, if you can figure out the right approach.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA) in May 2011
Interview
Same questions as in the glassdoor.com. LRU cache, designing hangman web application, generic HashMap implementation, etc. Interviewers were expecting very specific answers in the way they want to hear it. Corrected me almost every single line while writing the code. I was supposed to have 4 interviews. Was very abruptly and rudely stopped during the third interview. Hope they will be little more professional in future. Know in and out of Java, collections, APIs, LRU Cache, etc and you should easily be through.