LinkedIn interview notes, page 26 of 32

“I started by questioning whether LinkedIn's in-app messaging is actually a pain point worth solving with a whole new product.” 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.

“The insert and getRandom parts clicked pretty fast.” 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.

“I went straight into business value and ROI framing, which felt right at the time but I think I skipped too fast past the part where you actually figure out who the stakeholders are and what they care about individually.” 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 was a single question that ran the entire interview.” The rest of the author's notes on AI 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.

“The hashmap part was obvious but I fumbled for a bit on the eviction side.” 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.

“I rattled off a few tools I'd used and tried to tie it back to actual product decisions I'd made with them.” The rest of the author's notes on Product 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.

“I went straight into features without anchoring on the user first, which I regretted about two minutes in.” 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.

“The phone screen had two problems back to back.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at LinkedIn, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to competitive landscape and probably spent too long on Zoom and Teams before actually thinking about what LinkedIn users would even want from a video product.” 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 one tripped me up more than I expected.” 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.