Company profile
LinkedIn is the dominant professional network and one of Microsoft's largest revenue lines via subscriptions, ads, and recruiting tools. The loop is well-documented online - Coding, Coding, Host Manager, Tech Talk, System Design - and the design round is unusually scenario-driven compared to peers.
The LinkedIn interview process
LinkedIn runs one of the more documented loops in the industry: Coding, Coding, Host Manager, Tech Talk, and System Design. The Host Manager round is a behavioral and career conversation, and the design round is unusually scenario-driven, often grounded in product and graph problems specific to the network.
- 1
Recruiter screen
Role and level fit.
- 2
Coding (x2)
Data structures and algorithms at a solid bar.
- 3
Host Manager
Behavioral and career discussion led by the hiring manager.
- 4
Tech Talk
Presenting a past project and fielding deep questions.
- 5
System design
Scenario-driven design, often around feeds or the professional graph.
What LinkedIn is looking for
What they value
- A well-rehearsed, substantive Tech Talk
- Scenario reasoning rather than memorised templates
- Members-first framing in design choices
Culture signals in the loop
- Members-first product thinking
- Collaboration and relationships across teams
- Clear communication of past work
Questions and process by role
LinkedIn hires across several engineering and product functions, and the loop shifts with each one. Open a role for the reported questions, the round-by-round focus, and a salary band for that function.
- ML engineer
ML engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
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AI engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
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AI infrastructure engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
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AI red team engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
ai - AI research engineer
AI research engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
research - Analytics engineer
Analytics engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
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BI engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
data - Data engineer
Data engineer interview questions and process at LinkedIn.
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Practice LinkedIn coding problems
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Salary signal
Approximate senior median pay for LinkedIn's core roles, anchored to San Francisco and modeled from BLS, ONS, and Levels.fyi reference medians. These are market bands for the role and city, not LinkedIn offers. Open a role for the full city-by-city table.
Employee reviews
LinkedIn holds a 4.3 Glassdoor rating. External review scores are directional signals. Treat them as context alongside the specific team, location, level, and hiring manager you are interviewing with.
Glassdoor 4.3