Technical Screen

Product Sense, SQL, and a Pandas Group-By Slip

LinkedInData Scientist · Technical Screen · Jan 2026

Interviewers: the main interviewer and a shadow interviewer, both very friendly. Question 1: Product Sense — how would you analyze a drop in traffic from the Home Page to the Profile Page? (20 mins) My approach: Start with a qualitative check: open LinkedIn's homepage myself to see if there's an obvious change or bug. For example, there was a recent user report that searching for someone's name s…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jan 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.