Usually two phases, telephonic interview, and on-site interview.
telephonic is mostly on coding and problem solving
on-site is mostly on coding, problem-solving, design.
The onsite interviews typically have single or panel interviewers with coding questions in data structures( linked lists, trees, graphs, etc) followed by senior leaders quizzing you on management style, cultural fit, handling people, project execution, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Merge two sorted arrays in O(1) extra space using QuickSort partition
I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Had an initial phone screen round-
Questions - Regular Medium level question, string manipulation
Follow up - Concurrency related on top of the first question.
Waiting for the second round right now
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Was greeted by a person who basically walked me around the office during my interview, did a couple of rounds with a group on a whiteboard solving a coding challenge, and one to solve a software architecture challenge. Had lunch onsite. And one round of interview with someone who wasn't technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write the code to generate an English language rendition of any integer up to 100,000,000.
Failed at initial screening
Asked about mutex and how 2 processes can communicate with each other, I got nervous and coulnt explain my thoughts properly
Then asked the simple backtracking interview question, solved it, but also didnt do good job communicating
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
mutex and communication between processes
backtracking easy question (count islands)
