The process itself was pretty standard - applied online and received a call from the hiring manager. But a few things felt a little unprofessional. They requested for my availability prior to the call, then completely ignored what I had provided and scheduled my call at an inconvenient time. What was the point of me giving 4-5 time/date options if they were going to ignore it?
The hiring manager also sounded incredibly bored during the call, and it sounded like they did not bother to read my resume before the call. The interviewer also made it a point to tell me that there were a lot of internal candidates and this role was very competitive... okay thank you? if they were already going to pick an internal candidate, then why bother posting a job and wasting my time like that?
I appreciate my resume being considered, but the interviewer definitely felt like they were forced to be there and the call felt like a waste of time
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle a client that does not want to renew the contract because they think it's too expensive?
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%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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