# LinkedIn Asks You to Confirm Shared Work Experience? > LinkedIn asked you to confirm a connection's shared work experience? What the request means, when to accept, and how it differs from identity verification. - URL: https://www.awarexone.com/research/linkedin-request-to-confirm-shared-work-experience-verification - Author: Md Shariar Shanaz Shuvon, Founder & CEO, AwareXone - Published: 2026-11-05 - Topics: LinkedIn, Verification, Malaysia - Related service: Social media verification: https://www.awarexone.com/social-media-verification ## Short answer If LinkedIn asks you to confirm a connection's shared work experience, open the request inside the LinkedIn app or site and accept only if you truly worked or studied together in that role. Decline if you are unsure. It is not an ID check and LinkedIn will not ask for your password through that request. ## Summary - LinkedIn says helping verify a shared past or current work or school experience adds peer backed credibility on a profile. - A confirm request is about a workplace or school you both share, not a request for your password or identity documents. - You can accept when you truly shared that experience, and decline when you did not or are unsure. - Profile verifications and identity badges are separate tools from a colleague confirmation request. - One wrong step can cost you the account, so know what you are doing before you start. LinkedIn notifies you that a connection wants you to confirm you worked together. The company name looks familiar, but you are not sure what accepting does to their profile, or yours. You also wonder whether it is a real LinkedIn feature or a phishing hook. LinkedIn's [press room update](https://news.linkedin.com/2026/linkedin-launches-new-verification-features-to-build-professional-trust) on verification features says that when you help verify a shared past or current work or school experience of one of your connections, it adds peer backed credibility, and that members will also be able to ask connections to verify experiences. This guide explains that confirm request. For government ID style checks, see [LinkedIn identity verification](https://www.awarexone.com/research/linkedin-identity-verification). One wrong step can cost you the account, so know what you are doing before you start. Last checked: 5 November 2026. ## Quick Answer If LinkedIn asks you to confirm a connection's shared work experience, open the request inside the LinkedIn app or site and accept only if you truly worked or studied together in that role. Decline if you are unsure. It is not an ID check and LinkedIn will not ask for your password through that request. ## What a Shared Experience Confirmation Is A confirm request asks you to say that you and another member share a workplace or school experience listed on their profile. LinkedIn treats that peer confirmation as a trust signal. It is not the same as uploading an identity document, and it is not a password reset. LinkedIn's [verifications help page](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1359065) explains verification badges and workplace verification methods such as work email. Colleague confirmations sit alongside those trust signals as a peer backed option described in LinkedIn's verification news. ## Accept or Decline *Confirm request guide by AwareXone, based on LinkedIn Help and LinkedIn News read 5 November 2026.* | Your situation | Safer choice | | --- | --- | | You worked or studied together in that place and period | Accept the confirmation | | You recognise the person but not that workplace | Decline | | You did not share that experience | Decline | | The request arrived through a link outside LinkedIn | Do not tap it; open LinkedIn yourself | | The message asks for your password or a code | Treat it as phishing and ignore it | ## How It Differs from ID Verification - Identity verification proves who you are through LinkedIn's identity partners. - Workplace verification can use a work email or other company signals. - Shared experience confirmation is a peer saying you shared a role or school. - A badge on a profile can reflect more than one verification type. Read LinkedIn's [verifications page](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1359065) before you chase a badge. Confirming a colleague does not replace identity verification, and identity verification does not require you to confirm other people's jobs. ## Protect Yourself from Fake Verification Messages LinkedIn's [phishing help](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1339266) says LinkedIn will not ask you for your password or ask you to download programs. Its [Professional Community Policies](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/professional-community-policies) say phishing attempts are not tolerated. A real confirm request opens inside LinkedIn. A message that asks you to log in on another site to confirm work history is a scam. ## If You Are the Person Asking for Confirmation 1. Make sure the workplace or school entry on your profile is accurate first. 2. Ask people who actually shared that experience. 3. Do not pressure contacts with urgent deadlines. 4. Do not send them links outside LinkedIn. 5. Expect some people to decline, and leave it there. ## Malaysian Professionals and Recruiters Malaysian job seekers see many fake recruiter profiles. A peer confirmation on shared work history is one more signal to read next to workplace badges and identity verification, not a reason to skip the usual checks on who is messaging you about a role. > Warning: **Verification is not a login request.** LinkedIn staff do not need your password to confirm work history. Do not share your password or codes with anyone who contacts you about verification. ## What Only LinkedIn Can Decide LinkedIn decides how confirmations appear on profiles and how verification badges are shown. Your part is to confirm only what you know, and to ignore password requests. ## Reading the Request Screen Carefully Inside LinkedIn, the confirm screen should name the workplace or school and the connection. If anything asks you to continue on a domain that is not LinkedIn, stop. Peer confirmation is meant to be a light trust signal, not an identity document upload. You can decline without writing a long explanation. A short no is enough when you do not share that experience. Pressure in the chat to accept anyway is a reason to step back and review the connection. ## For Hiring Managers Checking Profiles - Treat peer confirmations as one signal among many. - Still verify workplace badges and identity verification when the role is sensitive. - Do not ask candidates to send passwords or to confirm work history through a pasted login link. Malaysian hiring threads move quickly in chat groups outside LinkedIn. Keep verification inside LinkedIn's own tools when the question is about a LinkedIn profile signal. If you accepted by mistake, LinkedIn may not offer a one tap undo in every view. You can still avoid confirming other experiences you do not share, and you can remove connections who pressure you with phishing links. Recruiters building trust signals should ask colleagues who truly shared a team, not cold contacts. Mass confirmation requests look noisy and train people to ignore real LinkedIn product prompts. ## Separate from Account Restriction Emails A confirm work experience request is not the same as an urgent restriction email that pushes you to a login page. For restriction phishing, see [LinkedIn account restricted appeal](https://www.awarexone.com/research/linkedin-account-restricted-appeal) and treat password asks as hostile. Keep Professional Community Policies in mind when you report phishing that used a fake verification story. LinkedIn's own phishing help is the place for that report path. Members outside large companies can still share school or early career workplaces. Confirm those only when the dates and place match what you remember. A vague company group you did not join is a decline. If a connection asks you to confirm after messaging you a job offer that needs a login page, treat the whole thread as phishing. Peer confirmation does not need your password. Save a screenshot of any odd confirm request that arrived outside LinkedIn. That helps if you report the profile for phishing under LinkedIn's help paths. If you manage a company Page as well as a personal profile, keep confirmations on the personal profile where the experience sits. Do not mix Page admin tools into a peer confirmation. Students confirming early internships should still match the exact employer string on the profile. A shortened brand name that points to another company is a reason to decline. When in doubt, open LinkedIn Help for verifications and phishing from a typed URL, not from a chat card. That habit blocks many fake verification pages. After you accept or decline, you can mute the connection if their chat turns into pressure about logins. Confirmation is optional. Your password stays yours. ## When It Is Safer to Get Expert Help Getting help is safer when fake verification messages led you to enter a password, or when your account was restricted after odd activity. For restrictions, see [LinkedIn account restricted appeal](https://www.awarexone.com/research/linkedin-account-restricted-appeal). If you are unsure about any step, or your profile matters to your income or hiring work, having an experienced team check it is the safer choice. AwareXone does this work. See our [social media verification](https://www.awarexone.com/social-media-verification) page. ## When a Case Review Makes Sense A case review helps when phishing and verification issues are tangled together on one account. We are a Malaysia-based team, independent of LinkedIn, and we use only the official routes. We do not ask for your password or codes, and we cannot promise a result. See our [trust page](https://www.awarexone.com/trust). ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does a LinkedIn shared work experience request mean? It asks you to confirm that you and a connection shared a workplace or school experience listed on their profile. ### Do I have to accept? No. Accept only when you truly shared that experience. Decline when you did not or are unsure. ### Is this the same as LinkedIn identity verification? No. Identity verification proves who you are. A confirm request is a peer check on shared work or school history. ### Can this request ask for my password? A real LinkedIn confirm request will not. LinkedIn says it will not ask for your password. ### Will confirming someone change my own profile? You are helping their trust signals. It is not the same as verifying your own identity badge. ## Official sources - [Official: Verifications on your LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn Help (read 5 November 2026)](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1359065) - [Official: LinkedIn expands verification to help members and businesses build trust on and off LinkedIn, LinkedIn News (read 5 November 2026)](https://news.linkedin.com/2026/linkedin-launches-new-verification-features-to-build-professional-trust) - [Official: LinkedIn Professional Community Policies (read 5 November 2026)](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/professional-community-policies) - [Official: Phishing content, LinkedIn Help (read 5 November 2026)](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1339266) --- AwareXone is an independent provider serving clients worldwide, not affiliated with any platform. The platform makes the final decision on every account. AwareXone never asks for passwords, OTP codes, backup codes or session cookies.