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      Technical Program Manager Interview

      Aug 13, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Cupertino, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (Cupertino, CA) in Aug 2024

      Interview

      Recruiter screen 30m Phone > Initial Interview with Hiring Manager or Subordinate 45m Zoom > 4 interviews with others each 45m on Zoom. Told it would take 2 to 3 weeks by recruiter for whole process, but was 3 weeks before 4 interviews were scheduled. Told by recruiter that the interviews would include systems design questions and would be behavioral-based interview questions based on their company values and operating principles. Instead, I was asked to explain my company's systems architecture and tech stack in detail, and to give examples of technical decisions I had made. Was called and told they were looking for a TPM to make technical decisions and I was not technical enough and that I could continue to be interviewed but would not be considered for the role. Why would I want to continue to interview then? JD was not accurate. Recruiter gave inaccurate information. Waste of time all around.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Explain your company's system architecture....
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      Question 2

      How does your system account for scale and performance?
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      Question 3

      Tell me about a time when you influenced a technical decision...
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      Question 4

      Tell me about a time when speed was critical and you didn't have time to consider all of the options...
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      Question 5

      Do you want to keep interviewing with us even though you won't be considered for the role?
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      Other Technical Program Manager Interview Reviews for Samsara

      Technical Program Manager Interview

      Feb 3, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara in Dec 2022

      Interview

      Started with screening call with a recruiter (mine was Owen J. and she was awesome). Then met with the direct team i'd be working with, and closed out with separate interviews with members of different functions i'd be interacting with and assisting. Very positive experience with my recruiter who was knowledgeable and transparent throughout the process, made my interview process enjoyable.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Where do you see yourself fitting in this team? Why Samsara? How comfortable are you in security technologies?
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      Samsara interviews FAQs

      • Technical Program Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Samsara with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Technical Program Manager roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Technical Program Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  25%

        One on one interview:  25%

        Skills test:  13%

        Other:  13%

        Personality test:  13%

        Group panel interview:  13%

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