Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at LinkedIn with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 51% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 54 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at LinkedIn overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at LinkedIn as a Account Executive according to 54 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 12%
Presentation: 11%
Skills test: 8%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn in Dec 2016
Interview
I applied for Relationship Manager and Account Executive, had initial interview with a recruiter, then met with 2 hiring managers for a mock discovery call and then the final interview was a mock presentation about what you learned from the discovery call and meeting with 2 teammates for 45 minutes.
1st round with Recruiter,
2nd round - 2 sales manager, behavioral and discovery call
3rd round: 2 sales manager and sales director - demo using the previous discovery call for the demo
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a co worker and how did you handle it
I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Spoke to recruiter and hiring manager. Followed up multiple times with recruiter but never responded. Saw on LinkedIn that a new person got the job, and that's how I found out the job opening was filled.
I applied online. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Dublin, Dublin) in Jan 2026
Interview
The process went very well - I applied through LinkedIn and after 10 min I already received an email to schedule the screening call. I had 3 interviews in total: Screening, hiring manager, and panel (mock call).
From the recruiter to the panel, all the people I interviewed with were absolutely amazing! I had such a great experience.
If you are have experience in such role, passing the interviews wouldn't be hard, just need to practice properly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are you most proud if about yourself? Tell me about a time you failed and what did you do? Metrics that you use? A conflict of interests with colleague?