Hi, Got onsite for LinkedIn Senior Software Engineer position. One of the round is tech communication round where I have to explain my project. I do not have one big project to give architecture overview and explain trade offs. Can I give multiple scenarios where I made substantial improvements? Most of them are not architectural like ops, process improvements, coding small components Pls help I am worried about this round the most.
Just copy paste from one of the many “I have achieved my life long dream” from LinkedIn. Would show that you are interested in their product 😊. On a serious note: not everyone has a big project. Pick any project, explain your contribution, why you did what you did and the rationale behind your decisions. That’s all.
Thanks! Does it have to be 1 project? I can talk about contributions across projects .. but don't have anything major in 1 project to talk for an hr.
It’s not going to be “timer: start” and you start talking for an hour and then “timer: stop”. They will lead you through a conversation. Don’t overthink it. Prepare 3-4 examples in a STAR format and you should be good.
Same situation. Ive been at my position for 7 months and have only 1 medium level project done which Ive led and currently going through a medium sized monolith to microservice project, which Im also leading with another engineer my senior swe onsite is next month have no idea 🙃 what to do for this round. My plan is to just talk about high level design, decisions Ive made and why. and the impact/outcome of my work
Exaggerate and fake it till you make it. Pick your best moment and start coloring
Does it have to be something related to architectural improvements? Can I mention about ops, process too?
Try to get as much in there as you can. Whatever you feel like can allow you to bring the most weight to your response