Cracking LinkedIn's Software Engineer Interview: Navigating Tough Course Schedule Questions

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linkedin | Software Engineer | Interview Experience

Interview Date: Not specified
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Difficulty: Not specified

Interview Process

The interview process consisted of four rounds:

  1. Behavioral Questions (BQ): The first round involved behavioral questions with a white interviewer. The candidate felt the conversation was positive.

  2. System Design: The second round focused on system design, specifically a Job Scheduler, with a Chinese interviewer. The candidate felt confident in their answers.

  3. Coding Round 1: The third round was a coding interview with a Southeast Asian interviewer. The candidate worked on a problem involving data structure transformations and multi-threading. They felt they answered well, aided by hints from the interviewer.

  4. Coding Round 2: The fourth round was initially scheduled as the second interview but was postponed due to the interviewer’s unavailability. During this round, the candidate faced a challenging problem related to a word tokenizer and was asked to implement a basic depth-first search (DFS) with caching. The candidate struggled with communication in this round and also faced questions on machine learning basics.

Technical Questions

  • Job Scheduler design
  • Data structure transformation
  • Multi-threading concepts
  • Depth-first search (DFS) implementation
  • Word tokenizer with caching
  • Machine learning basics

Tips & Insights

  • Practice coding and system design questions thoroughly.
  • Be prepared for potential communication challenges during technical discussions.
  • Don’t hesitate to ask for clarifications if you feel stuck during the interview.