I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Remote, OR) in Jan 2018
Interview
Got a message on LinkedIn by a LinkedIn Recruiter for the position that I had applied to. He mentioned that this position requires Ph.D. in Machine Learning and I am an MS graduate with specialization in Data Science and Intelligent Systems. So, I explained how I can be a best fit and have the skills required for the job and he was conviced. The technical interview was scheduled for an hour and the interviewer seemed okay while talking about the team and job resonsibilities. Then we move to the Coding part, asked me to implement an ML algorithm. Implementation was good. The bad part comes here, the interviewer was silent the whole coding time, didnt seem like interested at the code at all. Didnt ask any questions related to my implementation. And then in 3 days, I receive an email saying that we are not moving forward with your application.
What am I supposed to even learn from this interview?
Interviewed for an SDE role. The process was well-organized and the recruiters were responsive throughout. That said, the technical rounds were significantly more challenging than expected — definitely come prepared to go deep. Overall a valuable experience regardless of the outcome.
That was a real stroke of luck — when I got to the coding round and encountered a question on finding the maximum subarray sum, I had literally seen this exact problem on prachub.com a few days earlier. The interview kicked off with a recruiter screen, followed by a technical phone interview. It was intense, especially with the focus on algorithms and data structures. I also faced some behavioral questions that challenged my experience. After a final onsite round, I received an offer and happily accepted. Overall, it was tough but rewarding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an integer array nums, find the contiguous subarray (containing at least one number) which has the largest sum and return its sum. Walk through Kadane's algorithm and explain the O(n) approach.
Overall, a good interview process and the team were very friendly during the interview process and it was very good and pleasant. Nothing in regard to negative feedback or anything as such like that.
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