LinkedIn SDE Interview Experience | Bangalore

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Feb 26, 2026
Feb 26, 2026

LinkedIn | System & Infrastructure Engineer

Background
• Current employer: Oracle
• Total experience: 2.5 years


Screening (R0)
• Coding: Nested List Weight Sum II
• Core Java concepts
• SQL / NoSQL, OS basics, caching
• Quick résumé walkthrough


Technical Round 1 (R1 – DSA)

  1. Find the Celebrity
  2. N-ary Tree – detect cyclic dependencies

Technical Round 2 (R2 – DSA)

  1. Variant of Word Ladder
  2. Max Points on a Line

System Design (R3)
Design a metrics platform:
• Services publish metrics
• Store, aggregate, and display on a dashboard
• Implement alerting thresholds


Hiring Manager (R4)
• Deep dive into current projects and architecture
• Two positives and two negatives about your manager
• Why do you want to leave Oracle? Why LinkedIn?

Status: Rejected

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