I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Oct 2017
Interview
Started with a recruiter reaching out to me, followed by recruiter phon screen. Then three phone screens from the hiring team. Finally an onsite consisting of 5 interviews (including technical, role fit, culture fit, data analysis exercise and presentation).
While the interviewers were kind and engaging, the recruiters made the process painful as ever. They were disengaged, replied to questions with a large delay and barely gave any information when asked. They also ignored my emails asking for progress and decision on the application. Disappointing to see from such a well-reputed company.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LinkedIn
Interview
contacted by HR and then 1 round of phone screen with coding tests on sql. cover pretty basic thing. followed by on-site interview with 7 interviewers testing different areas. the interview was pretty comprehensive and covers almost all areas related to the job.
I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Sunnyvale, CA) in May 2017
Interview
Recruiter phone interview followed by one technical phone round based on mostly SQL and R. Onsite interview for 5 hours with product managers and data scientist. Questions were mostly focused on A/B and one stats/probability round. Disappointed with the recruiter who didn't bother to give me the feedback in-spite of sending her multiple emails. The company providing recruiting platform needs to improve their recruiting process. Interview experience was good, though I am rating it as negative since I value feedback.