LinkedIn interview notes, page 2 of 32

“I went straight to user needs and started mapping out use cases before thinking about whether this even fits LinkedIn's core value prop.” 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 the kind of question where you can drown in scope if you're not careful.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at LinkedIn, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty standard stuff, single pass tracking a running count and a max.” The rest of the author's notes on Software 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.

“My first instinct was to just say yes and stack up reasons, but I caught myself and tried to actually think through what LinkedIn's core business needs versus what Discord actually is.” 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 the kind of question that sounds easy until you're mid-answer and realize you've been vague for two minutes.” 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.

“Started fine, input layer, hidden layers, output layer, talked about fully connected vs not.” 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.

“This is the core of the whole round.” The rest of the author's notes on AI 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'd probably start by segmenting markets by maturity: developed vs emerging, then layer in things like professional culture, smartphone penetration, local competition (like Xing in Germany or Maimai in China), and how recruiters actually use the platform in each region.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer 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.

“My first instinct was to jump straight into prioritization and parallel workstreams, but I think I skipped over the part where you push back and validate whether the deadline is actually fixed.” The rest of the author's notes on Technical Program Manager 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 requires you to push back on a VP without just saying no, which is the tricky part.” 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.