LinkedIn interview notes, page 17 of 32

“I had a decent story ready but I rambled a bit at the end trying to explain the long-term impact.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at LinkedIn, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one had a lot of layers and I underestimated how long it would take to even get to the SQL part.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at LinkedIn, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to impact and effort, which felt right in the moment, but I think I skipped over the part where you actually have to manage the relationships involved.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at LinkedIn, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is Simpson's paradox dressed up in a product scenario and I knew it the second I read it, which almost made it worse because I rushed into the explanation without thinking through the decision layer.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at LinkedIn, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Broad question and I kind of rambled.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at LinkedIn, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had a decent story for this but I front-loaded too much context about why I was the only one who knew the system, and by the time I got to what I actually did, I was rushing.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at LinkedIn, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew backprop conceptually but writing out the actual partial derivatives layer by layer under pressure is a different thing.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at LinkedIn, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is one of those questions that sounds approachable until you realize how many user types LinkedIn actually has.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at LinkedIn, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight for cumulative sum plus binary search, which is the standard inverse-CDF move.” The rest of the author's notes on AI Engineer interview at LinkedIn, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to online metrics (click-through rate, apply rate) and almost forgot to talk about offline evaluation entirely.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at LinkedIn, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.