The interview process is exceptionally clear and well-defined. From my interactions with everyone involved, ranging from the recruiter to the interview panelists, a remarkable level of professionalism was consistently demonstrated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Usual SRE related questions. Go through the School of SRE a few times.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2014
Interview
It started with the LinkedIn recruiter contacting me for a leadership position. It was followed by a basic technical questionnaire and then two one-hour phone interviews, including a coding exercise. The next stage was onsite interview that included their standard six modules. The interview experience was very great until then.
What followed it completely surprised me and I lost all the respect for the company. I was called in for a second onsite interview with the management which went on for over five hours. I did really well and thought I was in.
I was totally surprised when they said they found me too "strong" and hence they wouldn't hire. The very next day, they promoted their internal candidate to the manager position that I was being interviewed for. That employee was one of the folks who had interviewed me!
This is totally unethical! It is a complete shame that the company that prides itself in building the solution for job seekers has no respect for human emotions. I wasted my time obsessing over this company and making thorough preparation for the interview. It broke my heart.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The live troubleshooting of Apache web server was a little tricky. This has been documented by another interviewer.