I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Samsara (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2022
Interview
I had an initial call with a recruiter and then the first interview with one of the sales managers. To be fully transparent, I thought I could've done better in the interview with the sales manager but I was hopeful to move forward. Instead I got an automatic reply saying that they aren't moving me forward in the process from their onboarding software, and nobody has responded giving me any feedback when asked. It's a pretty disappointing way to handle that in my opinion for a company that has otherwise great reviews on culture.
Huge misalignment on expectation and lots of misleading information.
If you are offered (or Samsara pressures) to start middle of month or quarter, run. This is a trap to set you up for failure and cut on ramp commissions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Samsara (London, England) in Jul 2026
Interview
First 30 min chat with a recruiter then a 45 for a call with the hiring manager. The first call was more information sharing and was less formal and the second interview was questions around prior experience and what I would be looking for in a company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's one thing you want to do or accomplish in your career in the next 5 years.
I first spoke with a recruiter for the screening process, which took about 25 minutes. She was late, but was very nice and provided tips on what they're looking for. She sent a lot of follow up information to prep for the next interview round. I then met with the hiring manager who did a deeper dive into numbers and expectations.
Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at Samsara with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 37% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 57 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Samsara overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Samsara as a Account Executive according to 57 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 9%
Presentation: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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