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Weird Phone Screen with BQs, Array Sum Coding and InMail System Design

LinkedInMachine Learning Engineer · Technical Screen · Aug 2026

Sharing a pretty weird LinkedIn phone screen. A recruiter reached out in early September and set up a 20-minute call. We briefly talked about my background, the target role and salary, and then the phone screen got scheduled. Phone screen: 1 hour. It started with about 5 minutes of intro. I got interrupted before I even finished my self-introduction. Overall it felt like the interviewer wasn't ve…

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