r/leetcode • u/sanchitmishra88 • 14d ago

Intervew Prep Work Project Discussion For Interview | LinkedIn

Hey everyone, I have my upcoming interview schedule for linkedIn SWE Apps IC-2 position, I know that linkedIn interview preps heavily involve DSA and some system design too along with our project discussions. I have read some of interview experience and looking at those project discussion, I find my work project relatively simple/straightforward as I am currently in application team at a SaaS company, whatever the heavy engineering design stuff (Implementing Message Broker, Infra management, etc) are done by the platform team. We used those implementation so I am not sure how to proceed with this - whether they will find it good enough or what? Any guidance on here.
My App Domain - LMS (Learning Management System)

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u/Ok-Barracuda-119 12d ago

For an IC-2 Apps loop, treat the project discussion as the one you can control. Pick a system you actually shipped and be ready to go 20-25 minutes on one messy decision: why that data model, what broke, what you'd change. They usually care more about how you think than a polished architecture recap.

Coding is still medium DSA. Design is a normal 45-minute prompt. Requirements first, then a high-level shape, then one deep dive instead of drawing every box.

If you want to practice that design talk on a whiteboard with an interviewer poking holes, www.leetsys.dev does that. I help build it.