1p3a Experience · Mar 2026

LinkedIn SWE IC2 System Design Interview Experience

SWE System Design

Interview Experience

System design round at LinkedIn. It focuses on both HLD and LLd. Duration - 60 mins. question - Design a metric collection and querying system. The system will both collect metrics from a large fleet

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System design round at LinkedIn. It focuses on both HLD and LLd. Duration - 60 mins. question - Design a metric collection and querying system. The system will both collect metrics from a large fleet of machines, and retrieve them over a requested period of time to be shown in an external visualization system. You can assume that a metric is represented by the [timestamp, node, metric, value] tuple. Awaiting for reply from the recruiter.

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This is a candidate experience report from a linkedin interview for a swe role during the system design round reported in 2026.

It covers the following topics: System Design .