My Interview Experience at LinkedIn – Sourcing Role I applied to a sourcing position at LinkedIn around two months ago. Despite following up multiple times via LinkedIn and email, I only received a response after getting referred internally by a current LinkedIn employee. Eventually, I was contacted by a recruiter and scheduled for a sourcing simulation round. Unfortunately, my experience with this round was not what I had hoped for. The panelist did not offer any formal introduction or set expectations for the round, which created an uncomfortable and unclear start. The conversation felt more like a one-sided interrogation — heavy probing, very little context sharing, and a tone that lacked empathy or openness. It felt like I was being judged on a very rigid idea of "how sourcing should look," without room for creativity, different strategies, or even a basic two-way dialogue. Despite the challenging atmosphere, I completed the exercise. I did my best to showcase my approach, including sourcing for a role outside my past experience, and focused on how I think and build pipelines with minimal information. However, I left the interview with the sense that the panelist had already made up her mind — and unfortunately, the interaction left me feeling disheartened. That said, I’m still grateful for the opportunity and the learning. I truly believe that interviews should be a space for mutual respect and exploration, not gatekeeping. And while this experience didn’t go as I’d hoped, it reinforced my commitment to staying kind, curious, and resilient in this journey.

I had one phone screen with the recruiter, one onsite with 4 talent acquisition managers for 30 minutes each, and one final phone screen with hiring manager whos team i was being placed on (i did not meet this person during the onsite). I also interviewed with Apple and Google. LinkedIn was by far the best experience and I had feedback on each step within 2 days of the interview.